Callitris Glaucophylla

Price:

$110.00 (including GST)

Common Name:

WHITE 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:

Large tree to 20 m high, with a single trunk, bark rough and furrowed, foliage bluish grey.
Leaves usually 1–3 mm long, dorsal surface not keeled.
Female cones solitary, rarely remaining on the plant long after maturity; ovoid to depressed-globose, 15–25 mm diam.; cone scales thin, often with a very small dorsal point, alternate scales reduced, larger scales angled into a wide sharp apex, spreading widely at maturity; columella usually slender and < 5 mm long, occasionally to 7 mm long, sometimes thick and angled.
Hardy. Young plants sensitive to fire, although older trees more tolerant. Relatively slow to mature, but long-lived.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

Hardy. Young plants sensitive to fire, although older trees more tolerant. Relatively slow to mature, but long-lived.
Widespread, found mostly on sandy soils, from isolated individuals to extensive forests, especially in inland districts.
Well-drained soil. Tolerates extended dry periods and frost.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

SIMILAR PLANTS:

Distinguished from Callitris Endlicheri - Black Cypress Pine - by its cones and bluish foliage. The Callitris Endlicheri also typically has greener 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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