 | Callitris muelleri (Parl.) F. Muell.Common NamesTaxonomic notesDescriptionTree: Small tree or shrub with erect branches (1).Leaves: Mature leaves 5-10 mm, juvenile leaves longer, occasionally remaining on cone-bearing branches (1). Cones: Solitary or several together on fruiting branchlets, remaining on the branches after maturity, usually depressed-globose, 20-30 mm in diameter (1). Cone scales: Bearing a dorsal point near the apex; alternate scales narrower, tapering to the apex and usually shorter, larger scales broader and angled above; columella 1-4 mm long, 3-lobed or 3-angled (1). RangeAustralia: NSW. "Grows in rocky places, especially on sandstone escarpments in the coastal ranges, from Mt Coricudgy south to Eden" (1).Big TreeOldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksCitations(1) Harden 1990.See also: Silba 1986. |
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