Callitris Endlicheri

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Common Name:

BLACK CYPRESS PINE

PLEASE NOTE: Orders are by full tray only. Each tray contains 40 plants. When ordering, please choose how many trays you would like.

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

Reaches a maximum height of about 15-20 m.
Bark tough and often deeply furrowed.
Leaves dark green, 2-4 mm long.
Seed cones solitary or several together on rather slender, usually clustered, fruiting branchlets; ovoid to globose or depressed-globose, 15-20 mm in diameter; columella variable, usually short, deeply 3-lobed or with 3 or 4 separate parts.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Frost resistant and once established the species has low water requirements.
Usually found on stony hills or ridges, common, from the plains to the coastal ranges.
Well drained soils.
Tolerates frost and dry periods.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

SIMILAR PLANTS:

Distinguished from Callitris Glaucophylla - White Cypress Pine - by its cones and bluish foliage. The Callitris Glaucophylla typically has lighter foliage. Callitris Glaucophylla has triangular pyramid or single column emerging from base of inside of fruit, while the Callitris Endlicheri has three segments in fruit.

Image Source: Fagg, M. via Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG)

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