Banksia robur
“Swamp Banksia”

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SHRUB 1.5 TO 2.5 METRES TALLUpright spreading habit. Serrated edge leathery leaves to 30cm long. Blue-green to yellow-green flower spikes to 20cm tall in Dec/May. Interesting seed cones. Frost hardy. Bird attracting. Flowers produce nectar which is bush tucker. Very hardy.

Suitability
Category	Small Shrubs up to 2m
Family	Proteaceae
Aspect	Full Sun
Soil	Moist, Waterlogged
Habitat	Wallum
Features
Bird Attracting, Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Clay Tolerant Species, Flying Fox Food Plants, Frost Tolerant Plants, Seaside Plantings
Localities
Acacia Ridge, Algester, Berrinba, Calamvale, Darra, Deagon, Doboy, Drewvale, Ellengrove, Heathwood, Inala, Ipswich area, Karawatha, Larapinta, Lindum, Logan City, Lytton, Meeandah, Myrtletown, North Stradbroke Island, Nudgee Beach, Parkinson, Pine Rivers, Pinkenba, Richlands, Stretton, Sunshine Coast district, Upper Mt Gravatt, Wacol, Wishart, Woolloongabba
Nectar & Pollen Food source for Birds Below
Bell Miner (Manorina melanophrys), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta), Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), Fuscous Honeyeater (Ptilotula fusca), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Friarbird (Philemon citreogularis), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), Musk lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna), New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala), Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Regent Honeyeater (Anthochaera phrygia), Scarlet Honeyeater (Myzomela sanguinolenta), Striped Honeyeater (Plectorhyncha lanceolata), The Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops), Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (Lichenostomus melanops)
Seed From Pods & Fruit Food source for Birds Below
Australian King-parrot (Alisterus scapularis), Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus), Common Bronzewing (Phaps chalcoptera), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), Glossy Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), Little Corella (Cacatua sanguinea), Pale-headed Rosella (Platycercus adscitus), Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida), Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii), Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis), Squatter Pigeon (Geophaps scripta scripta), Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita), Turquoise Parrot (Neophema pulchella), Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca), Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo (Zanda funerea)
Attracts Insects as a Food source for Birds Below
Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae), Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster), Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae), Brown Gerygone (Gerygone mouki), Brown Quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus), Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla), Brown Treecreeper (Climacteris picumnus), Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus), Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae), Common Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre), Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), Crested Shrike-tit (Falcunculus frontatus), Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis), Eastern Whipbird (Psophodes olivaceus), Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis), Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis), Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis youngi), Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis), Grey Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla harmonica), Grey-crowned Babbler (Pomatostomus temporalis), Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites basalis), Jacky Winter (Microeca fascinans), Large-billed Scrubwren (Sericornis magnirostra), Leaden Flycatcher (Myiagra rubecula), Little Bronze-cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus), Little Grassbird (Poodytes gramineus), Little Shrike-thrush (Colluricincla megarhyncha), Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus), Painted Button-quail (Turnix varius), Pale-yellow Robin (Tregellasia capito), Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus), Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus), Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus), Red-backed Fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus), Red-browed Treecreeper (Climacteris erythrops), Red-capped Robin (Petroica goodenovii), Rose Robin (Petroica rosea), Rufous Whistler (Pachycephala rufiventris), Scarlet Robin (Petroica boodang), Shining Bronze-cuckoo (shining bronze-cuckoo), Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus), Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus sagittatus), Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus), Spotted Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma punctatum), Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus), Striated Thornbill (Acanthiza lineata), Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), Varied Sittella (Daphoenositta chrysoptera), Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela), Variegated Fairy-wren (Malurus lamberti), Weebill (Smicrornis brevirostris), White-browed Scrubwren (Sericornis frontalis), White-throated Gerygone (Gerygone olivacea), White-throated Treecreeper (Cormobates leucophaea), White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor), Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys leucophrys), Yellow Thornbill (Acanthiza nana), Yellow-rumped Thornbill (Acanthiza chrysorrhoa), Yellow-throated Scrubwren (Sericornis citreogularis)

Banksia robur“Swamp Banksia”

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