Talk:Banksia sceptrum/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Sabine's Sunbird (talk · contribs) 05:34, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Okay, let's do this. I was just in this area so I must have seen this species. Sabine's Sunbird  talk  05:52, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Were you up at the rabbit proof fence?? It is such a cool area... Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:31, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Comments

 * Follicles open with fire.l Can you link follicles? I'm not a botanist and the term is unfamiliar to me in this context. Also, maybe more context would help here. Follicles on the seeds I assume?
 * yerp - now linked to Follicle (fruit) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:30, 1 June 2017 (UTC)


 * New growth has been recorded in spring and autumn, and may possibly occur over the summer. - Is growth tied to variation in rains maybe?
 * it's a Mediterranean climate with wet winter and dry summer. Their roots reach the water table, and I think the plants are just active when it's warmer, but I have never seen it explicitly written down anywhere (and I have just about everything written on banksias) Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:30, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Figured it was worth asking. Sabine's Sunbird  talk  09:22, 1 June 2017 (UTC)


 * the type specimen having been collected by James Drummond north of the Hutt River sometime during 1850 or 1851 maybe based on a specimen? More plain English that way Sabine's Sunbird  talk  05:52, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
 * done Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:30, 1 June 2017 (UTC)

Otherwise I'll have another look tomorrow and pass this. Sabine's Sunbird  talk  09:22, 1 June 2017 (UTC)
 * one of two broad groups according to their response to fire: I know its fairly obvious but after introducing the two types it may be worth being explicit about which this species is by using the term you introduce.
 * added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:44, 1 June 2017 (UTC)