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''Hakea dohertyi'', commonly known as the Kowmung hakea, is a shrub which is endemic to a restricted locale in the Great Dividing Range in central New South Wales in Australia. First collected by one M. Doherty on 17 November 1984, it was described in 1999.〔 Growing to high, it has long linear leaves which are long and only around wide. They are triangular in cross-section. The white flowers appear in spring. The flowers are followed by an oval woody follicle which is long and wide.〔 ''Hakea dohertyi'' is found in a highly restricted area within Kanangra-Boyd National Park;〔 most plants grow near the Kowmung River. The total area of its range is .〔 It grows on sandy or rocky soils over shale or quartzite, and is found on ridges in open sclerophyll forest with such trees as grey gum (''Eucalyptus punctata'', silvertop ash (''E. sieberi''), Blaxland's stringybark (''E. blaxlandii''), forest she-oak (''Allocasuarina torulosa''), and shrubs such as crinkle bush (''Lomatia silaifolia''), (''Stypandra glauca''), and narrow-leaved geebung (''Persoonia linearis''). ''Hakea dohertyi'' is killed by bushfire and regenerates from seed stored in a seed bank in its canopy. Most seed is released from the woody follicles after bushfires, but some follicles open and release seed at other times.〔 As the plant requires five years to mature and set seed, bushfires occurring more frequently than this could wipe out the species entirely. The species is currently classified as ''endangered''. It is grazed upon and threatened by wild goats. The rising of the water level of Lake Burragorang could also threaten populations.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hakea dohertyi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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