Common Name: Scrubby Cypress Pine
Botanical Name: Callitris canescens
Family: CUPRESSACEAE
Description:
Lime-green, tall shrub to small bushy tree, up to 5 m. Small, light green, in whorls of 3. Inconspicuous. Separate male and female flowers on each tree. Spring to summer. Smooth, shiny, spherical cone, solitary or clustered in groups of 2 or more, approximately 1.5-2 cm in diameter. Summer. Monitor fruits for maturity (greyish, beginning to split) as seasonal conditions determine best time for collection.
Lime-green, tall shrub to small bushy tree, up to 5 m. Small, light green, in whorls of 3. Inconspicuous. Separate male and female flowers on each tree. Spring to summer. Smooth, shiny, spherical cone, solitary or clustered in groups of 2 or more, approximately 1.5-2 cm in diameter. Summer. Monitor fruits for maturity (greyish, beginning to split) as seasonal conditions determine best time for collection.
Natural Distribution:
Distributed throughout lower rainfall districts (300-400 mm) of SA including the Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Murray region, Kangaroo Island and upper South-East. Extends into WA. Common to mallee areas.
Distributed throughout lower rainfall districts (300-400 mm) of SA including the Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula, Murray region, Kangaroo Island and upper South-East. Extends into WA. Common to mallee areas.
Notes:
Differs from closely related species Callitris gracilis and C. verrucosa with its smaller, smooth (not warty) cones. Slow growth rate.
Differs from closely related species Callitris gracilis and C. verrucosa with its smaller, smooth (not warty) cones. Slow growth rate.
