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Callitris rhomboidea Rich.

Oyster bay pine (en)

Species

Gymnosperms > Cupressales > Cupressaceae > Callitris

Characteristics

Tree to 15 m tall. Bark not fissured. Branches spreading to erect or fastigiate. Leaves to 2.5 mm long on ultimate branchlets, usually somewhat glaucous; dorsal surface prominently but not acutely keeled. Male cones solitary or clustered, ovoid, to 2 mm long. Female cones usually clustered, on clustered fruiting branchlets, ovoid to depressed-globular, 12-20 mm diam., persistent and holding seeds for several years after maturity; cone scales 6, thick, with a distinct, short, broad, conical, dorsal protuberance below apex, separating almost to the base and spreading widely after opening; alternate scales reduced; larger scales apically sharply contracted; columella shallowly or deeply 3-lobed, 1-4 mm high. Seeds numerous, dark brown; wings 2 or 3, c. 1 mm wide.
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Dense tree 3-10-(15) m high, but usually much smaller. Bark dark and smooth. Ultimate branchlets very slender; shoots obscured by decurrent lvs. Juvenile lvs < 10 mm long, green. Adult lvs scale-like, ovate, green, decurrent; keel prominent, rounded or obtuse; apex free, acute. ♂ strobili 1-1.5 mm long, broad-ellipsoid; scales with papery brown margins at maturity. Mature ♀ cones 1-6, 7-12 mm diam. before dehiscence, ± globose; peduncles stout. Scales 6, thick, broadly rhomboid, the outer ones c. 1/2 length of others and more tapering towards apex; boss in upper ⅓ of scale, short and broadly conic or rhomboid; apex mucronate. Central column short. Seeds many, dark brown. Cones persisting for several years after dehiscence and sometimes enlarging in that time.
Life form
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 15.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Usually found in open woodland in montane areas but also on coastal heaths and in riparian areas.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses auxiliary tree environmental use hedge material medicinal windbreak wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -7
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Images

Callitris rhomboidea unspecified picture

Distribution

Callitris rhomboidea world distribution map, present in Australia and New Zealand

Conservation status

Callitris rhomboidea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:134233-3
WFO ID wfo-0000580775
COL ID 5X7PD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Thuja australis Callitris articulata Callitris australis Callitris rhomboidea Callitris tasmanica Callitris ventenatii Thuja inaequalis Cupressus australis Frenela rhomboidea Callitris fothergillii Cyparissia australis Frenela australis Frenela triquetra Callitris cupressiformis Callitris cupressiformis Frenela variabilis Callitris cupressiformis var. mucronata Callitris cupressiformis var. pendula Callitris cupressiformis var. tasmanica Callitris rhomboidea var. tasmanica Frenela rhomboidea var. mucronata Frenela rhomboidea var. pendula Frenela rhomboidea var. tasmanica
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