Hakea fraseri

Hakea fraseri, the corkwood oak,[3] is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to northern New South Wales.

The leaves are simple, varying length with a weeping habit, 11–30 cm (4.3–11.8 in) long 0.9–1.4 mm (0.035–0.055 in) wide, more or less smooth and ending with hook.

[3][4] This species was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae.

[5][6] The specific epithet (fraseri) honours Charles Fraser the first colonial botanist and Superintendent of the New South Wales botanic gardens.

[7] Corkwood oak is a rare species in New South Wales confined to the New England Tablelands below Wollomombi, Dangar, Tia and Apsley Falls on steep slopes and vertical rock situations in gorges.