Stats

Lifespan

50-150 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Subtropical rainforest

Range

Eastern Australia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Spines

Status

Uncommon

About

This large tree grows in the subtropical forests along the Australian coast. It sheds all its leaves before erupting in a canopy of thousands of red bell-shaped flowers.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Brachychiton

Species

Brachychiton acerifolius