page_title: Banksia spinulosa
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Banksia spinulosa / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: Distribution of the Banksia spinulosa -- based on information from the Banksia Atlas and Australian National Botanic Gardens web site, these have significant differences to each. This map is a conglomerate of those two favouring The Banksia Atlas as its maps are created from actual observations. Banksia Atlas includes observations in Carnarvon gorge (QLD) and other NP in the region that arent on the ANBG maps additional BA also has records of the plant growing further in land through central NSW region. BA also has no distribution between Lakes Entrance(VIC) and the Mornington Penninsula where as the ANBG shows distribution along the coast. ABNG has no dist in the Dandenong Ranges where as the BA shows extensive recording of the species. Where I varied to follow ANBG dist is the NSW/QLD border region where the AB has only spasmodic ares and ANBG has complete dist. Base map of Australia was File:Australia map, States.svg
context_page_description: The hairpin banksia is a species of woody shrub, of the genus Banksia in the family Proteaceae, native to eastern Australia. Widely distributed, it is found as an understorey plant in open dry forest or heathland from Victoria to northern Queensland, generally on sandstone though sometimes also clay soils. It generally grows as a small shrub to 2 metres in height, though can be a straggly tree to 6 metres. It has long narrow leaves with inflorescences which can vary considerably in coloration; while the spikes are gold or less commonly yellowish, the emergent styles may be a wide range of colours – from black, purple, red, orange or yellow.
  Banksia spinulosa was named by James Edward Smith in England in 1793, after being collected by John White, most likely in 1792. He gave it the common name prickly-leaved banksia, though this has fallen out of use. With four currently recognised varieties, the species has had a complicated taxonomic history, with two varieties initially described as separate species in the early 19th century. A fourth, from the New England region, has only recently been described.
context_section_description: The hairpin banksia occurs along the east coast of Australia from the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne, Victoria, north through New South Wales and into Queensland. It is common north to Maryborough, with disjunct populations occurring as far north as the Atherton Tableland near Cairns. It occurs in a variety of habitats, from coastal heath (spinulosa and collina) and elevated rocky slopes (neoanglica and spinulosa) to inland dry sclerophyll forest dominated by eucalypts, where they form part of the understorey. Plants in exposed areas are generally considerably shorter than those in sheltered areas. It usually occurs on sand, but can be found in rocky clays or loams.
  Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii is found in three disjunct regions; the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne, East Gippsland between Lakes Entrance and Eden, and in the Great Dividing Range in a band from Jervis Bay to Glen Davis in Central New South Wales, while there have been collections northwards in the Dividing Range up into southeast Queensland. It can be an understorey plant under dense as well as open forest cover.
caption: Distribution map of Banksia spinulosa
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