- Lamont, Byron B., and Susan Downes. “The Longevity, Flowering and Fire History of the Grasstrees Xanthorrhoea preissii and Kingia Australis.” Journal of Applied Ecology, vol.16, no.3, 1979, pp893–899
- Moir, Melinda L, Brennan, Karl E.C, and Wittkuhn, Roy S. “Fire Refugia: The Mechanism Governing Animal Survivorship in a Highly Flammable Understorey Plant.” Forest Ecology and Management 234 (2006)
- Alan Louey Yen, Edible insects and other invertebrates in Australia: future prospects, FAO, pdf
- Grass trees, online resource from Bush Heritage Australia
- Jeff Parr (1999) Once, twice maybe, but not three times: Reheating Xanthorrhoea australis resin, Australian Archaeology, 49:1, 23-27
- PlantNet, online resource, Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
- P. Watson, The Grass Tree: Uses and Abuses, Australian Plants Online, Mar 2004
- K. Macintyre, B. Dobson, The puzzle of the bardi grub in Nyungar culture, Anthropology from the Shed, Sep 2017
- M. L. Swinburn et al (2007) The importance of grasstrees (Xanthorrhoea preissii) as habitat for mardo (Antechinus flavipes leucogaster) during post-fire recovery. Wildlife Research 34, 640-651
See full list of Individual Species References.
Please also refer to the General Bibliography and Online Resources.