Distribution map (Brown et al. 1983). The side of each square measures 10 km. A blue square indicates arboretum collections; a green square denotes a written record.
Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Syn: Pherosphaera hookeriana J. D. Hooker, non Archer (Dallimore et al. 1967). Type location Lake St. Clair, Tasmania, where collected by R.C. Gunn on 7-Jan-1841(Hill 1998).
Description
Shrubs to 2.5 m tall, densely branched. Branches short and stiff. Leaves up to 1.5 mm long and 1 mm wide. Seeds c. 1 mm diameter. Other characters as for the genus (Hill 1998).
Range
Australia: Tasmania, Mt. Field National Park; scattered elsewhere, locally abundant at mesic sites in subalpine areas in the west, southwest and on the central plateau, usually at elevations above 1000 m (Hill 1998).
Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Collections are reported from Lake St. Clair and Eagle Tarn.
Remarks
Citations
Brown, M.J., J.B. Kirkpatrick and A. Moscal. 1983. An atlas of Tasmania's endemic flora. Tasmania Conservation Trust, 102, Bathurst Street, Hobart 7000, Tasmania. 110pp. ISBN 0959981683
See Also
Garden, J. and L. A. S. Johnson. 1951. Microstrobos, a new name for a Podocarpaceous genus. Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 1:315-317.
Hooker. 1850. Kew Journal 2:52.
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