Talk:Banksia verticillata

GA Review

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Reviewer: Ucucha 19:53, 14 September 2010 (UTC) Good work; just a few minor points:

• Lead says the New Holland Honeyeater is the most prominent pollinator, but the body gives both the Brown and New Holland ones as important.

Refactored body to reflect NHH as preeminent pollinator Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:48, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

• "British Museum (Natural History) History Series" (current ref. 11): isn't this the "Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Series"?

Yes. Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:58, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

• The map shows three, not two, disjunct areas where it occurs.

Aargh! The issue is it is actually a bunch of scattered populations, with the main break between the two big one signifying the two broad areas. It is tricky what one can do. Maybe one of the maps like File:B ericifolia dist map gnangarra.png for Banksia ericifolia? I haven't done one of those but could try.... Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:48, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

The source for this map does show the two main areas more clearly; perhaps the map here can be redrawn to be a bit more like that one? Ucucha 20:57, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

I need to sit down and take a look at some stuff I have at home too, but yeah, might be worth a redo.... Casliber (talk ·

contribs) 02:24, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Update - I modified the map to show two red patches, and I'll add a note that the individual populations are scattered within them. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:33, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Ucucha 19:53, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

wood

There is a note on the timber of this species in a 1920s government manual

A tree attaining a height of 50 to 60 feet, with a bole of 15 to 20 feet, and a diameter of 2 feet 6 inches. The bark …

Weight per. cubic foot (green)—59lbs.

At 12 per cent, moisture—35lbs.

Transverse strength—10,300lbs. per square inch.

Tensile strength—8,000lbs. per square inch.

This tree yields a light-coloured timber with a particularly beautiful grain. The medullary rays are wide, so that when cut on the quarter it shows a beautiful oak-like figure, and is much prized for furniture work. It is the lightest of all timbers of the State. It occurs along the side of the larger rivers and streams in the South-West, and is rarely to be found growing far away from running water.. — Lane-Poole, A Primer of Forestry

A grainy, gothic image of river banksia is also included, my attempt to clean it up on an antique platform was done by flying on instruments, someone with a better setup may be able to extract more: File:River Banksia in Primer of Forestry Poole 1922.png — cygnis insignis 03:42, 15 October 2018 (UTC)