Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Cupressaceae > Callitris > Callitris columellarisCallitris columellaris (Northern Cypress Pine; Western Cypress; Western Sand Cypress; White Pine; white cypress-pine; Murray Pine; Cypress Pine; Northern Cypress-pine; Murray River Pine; Bribie Island Pine)Synonyms: Callitris arenosa (homotypic); Callitris columellaris campestris; Callitris columellaris f. flauca; Callitris columellaris f. glauca; Callitris columellaris intratropica; Callitris columellaris var. campestris; Callitris columellaris var. intratropica; Callitris columellaris var. microcarpa; Callitris glauca (homotypic); Callitris glaucophylla; Callitris huegelii; Callitris hugelii; Callitris intermedia; Callitris intratropica; Callitris robusta var. intratropica; Callitris robusta var. microcarpa; Frenela columellaris (homotypic); Frenela glauca; Frenela hugelii; Frenela intratropica; Frenela microcarpa; Frenela moorei; Frenela robusta var. microcarpa; Frenela verrucosa var. laevis; Octoclinis backhousii; Widdringtonia equisetiformis Callitris columellaris is a species of coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae (cypress family), native to most of Australia. Common names include White Cypress-pine, Murray River Cypress-pine, and Northern Cypress-pine. It is a small evergreen tree, 4–12 m (rarely to 20 m) high, with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter. The leaves are scale-like, 2-6 mm long and 0.5 mm broad, arranged in decussate whorls of three on very slender shoots 0.7-1 mm diameter. The cones are globose, 1-2 cm diameter, with six triangular scales, which open at maturity to release the seeds. C. columellaris bark \n* |
| Allergen Potential [1] | High |  | | Flower Type [2] | Monoecious | | Janka Hardness [3] | 1380 lbf (626 kgf) Medium | | Leaf Type [2] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [4] | Perennial | | Specific Gravity [5] | 0.44 | | Structure [2] | Tree | | Usage [2] | A resin obtained from the stumps of felled trees or the cut logs is used as a coating for pills;
The bark contains 11 - 23% dry weight of tannin;
Wood - resinous, very aromatic, very durable, brittle, very flammable, hard, close grained. Used for construction. furniture making, cabinet making, fencing, ship building etc; | | | Height [2] | 66 feet (20 m) |
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Kakadu National Park |
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Northern Territory, Australia |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 4USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 6Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 7Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 8del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 9Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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