Callitris endlicheri description

Tree [C. Macdonald] (ANBG 2002).

Foliage (ANU 1998).

Distribution of Callitris endlicheri (Bowman and Harris 1995). Basemap from Expedia Maps.

Callitris endlicheri (Parl.) Bailey

Common Names

Black cypress pine (Harden 1990).

Taxonomic notes

Syn: C. calcarata (Silba 1986).

Description

Bark: Tough and often deeply furrowed (Harden 1990).
Branches: Mostly erect, sometimes spreading, mostly dark green (Harden 1990).
Leaves: 2-4 mm long (Harden 1990).
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 (Harden 1990).

Range

Australia: Qld., NSW & Vic. "Usually found on stony hills or ridges, common, from the plains to the coastal ranges" (Harden 1990).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

This species is logged in small quantities for commercial purposes. Its timber superficially resembles that of the widely-used Callitris glaucophylla, but is far inferior to that species in terms of decay resistance (Ilic 1995).

Observations

Remarks

Citations

[ANBG] Australian National Botanical Garden. http://www.anbg.gov.au/images/photo_cd/OE29M143033/001.html (3-Mar-2002).

[ANU] Australian National University Forestry Program. 1998. Callitris. http://online.anu.edu.au/Forestry/teaching/t6/callitris/callitris.html (defunct).

Ilic, Jugo. 1995. Distinguishing white from black cypress pine. Onwood 10. CSIRO. http://www.ffp.csiro.au/publicat/onwood/onwood10.htm#No7 (22-Jan-2002).