Fork-leaf Corkwood

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The Fork-leaf Corkwood (Hakea divaricata), sometimes spelt as Fork-leaved Corkwood, has foliage that forks into several sharp, tough needles, which is a dull green in colour. Some of the young branches are reddish brown in colour.

The flowers occur in showy racemes of 5-15 cm long and are yellow-green. Usually flowering from June to November. The sweet nectar of the flowers is loved by ants.

The Fork-leaf Corkwood (Hakea divaricata) are found as scattered trees in floodplain woodlands around Alice Springs, although they can be found as the dominant canopy species in some areas.

A lignotuberous shrub or tree, growing from 2 to 7 metres high. They are described as having a light to dark coloured corky trunk (furrowed bark).

Common name
Needlewood, Corkbark Tree, Fork Leaf Corkwood, Fork Leaved Corkwood.

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• Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Plantae
• Phylum: Charophyta
• Class: Equisetopsida
• Subclass: Magnoliidae
• Superorder: Proteanae
• Order: Proteales
• Family: Proteaceae
• Genus: Hakea
• Species: Hakea divaricata

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Alice Springs FloraAlice Springs Flora Index Acacia ligulata Annual Yellowtop Bougainvillea Apple Bush Burdekin Plum Carob Tree (Ceratonia siliqa) Cattle Bush Desert Cotton (Aerva javanica) Desert Oak Eremophila Wildberry Feijoa sellowiana Flannel Cudweed Fork-leaf Corkwood Ghost Gum Golden Everlasting Kurrajong Lemon-flowered Gum MacDonnell’s Desert Fuchsia Native Bluebell Native Tomato Needlewood Olive Tree Perennial Yellow Top Rat’s Tail River Red Gum Inland River Red Gum Rosy Dock Round-leaved Mallee Scurvy Grass Silky Eremophila Stemodia viscosa Striped Mintbush Sturt’s Desert Pea Sturt’s Desert Rose Tangled Leschenaultia Tar Vine Weeping Bottlebrush White Cedar Yellow Billybutton Yellow-keeled Swainsona Yellow Oleander

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