This native tree
is commonly known as
screw pine.
Pandanus tectorius
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Pandanaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 15 Fraser Coast localities: Point Vernon, Toogoom, Craignish, Howard, Dundowran Beach, Burrum Heads, Poona, Tinnanbar, Urangan, Scarness, Eli Waters, Pialba, Torquay, River Heads, K'gari.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
