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title: Saw Toothed Banksia
date: 2024-04-05T15:33:00+11:00
author: Private Forests Tasmania
canonical_url: "https://pft.tas.gov.au/tree-species/saw-toothed-banksia"
section: Tree Species
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#  Saw Toothed Banksia 

 

 

 

 

 

 ![Saw toothed banksia2](https://pft.tas.gov.au/volumes/images/Tree-Species/_800x800_crop_center-center_none/125948/saw-toothed-banksia2.webp) 

## Scientific Name

Banksia serrata

## Family Name

PROTEACEAE

## Common Name

Saw Toothed Banksia

 

 

### General Information

 

  Status Rare   Height 15.0m (1500cm)   Flowers Flower spikes large up to 20cm long,10cm wide,flowers pale yellow to golden.   Fruit Seed follicles clustered in woody cones   Form Tall shrub in poor soils or gnarled branching tree.   Municipalities Burnie; Dorset; Flinders Island; Waratah-Wynyard   Communities Coastal Vegetation; Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland   Habitat Notes Very local at Sisters Hill, Rocky Cape, where it forms woodlands and extends into the understorey of dry sclerophyll forest.   Site Tolerance Dry; Exposed; Rocky   Frost Tolerance Hardy   Soil Tolerance Clay; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Sandy; Well-drained   General Notes Resistant to wildlife browsing due to its unpalatability. A prostrate form is available (grow from cuttings.) Bird attracting. Not suitable below powerlines.   

 

### Propagation Details

 Flowering Months JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSeed Collecting Months JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSowing Months JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecCutting Months JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 

 

 

### Seed Information

 

  Seed Collection Ripe capsules hard and woody appearing as furry bulges on the sides of old cones. seeds large, winged   Seed Treatment Method Standard   Seed Storage Life Short   Viable Seeds Per Gram 18   Seed Treatment Notes Seed is short-lived once extracted from the cone. When cut in half, viable seed is white and firm and non-viable seed brownish and brittle or pliable.   Germination Time 3-4 weeks   Suitable For Direct Seeding Yes   

 

### Cuttings

 

  Expected Time To Take Root 6-8 weeks   Cutting Notes No need to use cuttings as seed is easy.