Common Name: Northern Cypress Pine
Botanical Name: Callitris glaucophylla
Family: CUPRESSACEAE
Description:
Tall shrub or stunted tree to a more commonly occurring straight-trunked, conical, medium-sized tree, 3-15 m high. Small, pale grey-green, in whorls of 3. Separate male and female flowers on each tree. Spring to early summer. A finely wrinkled, woody, rounded cone, 1-3 cm long by 1-2 cm wide, solitary or sometimes in groups of 2 or more, with winged brown seeds enclosed. Summer, although can be variable.
Tall shrub or stunted tree to a more commonly occurring straight-trunked, conical, medium-sized tree, 3-15 m high. Small, pale grey-green, in whorls of 3. Separate male and female flowers on each tree. Spring to early summer. A finely wrinkled, woody, rounded cone, 1-3 cm long by 1-2 cm wide, solitary or sometimes in groups of 2 or more, with winged brown seeds enclosed. Summer, although can be variable.
Natural Distribution:
Distributed throughout the lower rainfall areas of northern SA with its distribution extending as far south as northern Eyre Peninsula, northern Murray region, Northern Lofty and southern Flinders Ranges. Extends into all mainland States. Common to northern arid areas.
Distributed throughout the lower rainfall areas of northern SA with its distribution extending as far south as northern Eyre Peninsula, northern Murray region, Northern Lofty and southern Flinders Ranges. Extends into all mainland States. Common to northern arid areas.
Notes:
Can be difficult to distinguish from Callitris gracilis, C. canescens and C. verrucosa. Slow growth rate.
Can be difficult to distinguish from Callitris gracilis, C. canescens and C. verrucosa. Slow growth rate.
