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Phyllocladus aspleniifolius (Celery Top Pine; Celery-top pine)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllocladus aspleniifolius, commonly known as the celery-top pine, is an endemic gymnosperm of Tasmania, Australia. It is found in rainforest as a dominant, in eucalypt forest as an understorey species, and occurs occasionally as a shrub in alpine vegetation. It is confined to areas of high rainfall and low fire frequency. The scientific name is commonly spelled asplenifolius, but under the ICBN, this is an orthographic error to be corrected. It derives from the superficial similarity of the phylloclades to the fronds of some species of Asplenium ferns.
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Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Monoecious
Janka Hardness [2]  980 lbf (445 kgf) Soft
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Specific Gravity [3]  0.55
Structure [1]  Tree
Usage [1]  Wood - fairly heavy, durable in the soil, works well. Used for flooring, boat building, cabinet making. It is fairly resistant to some acids and has very little expansion or contraction due to moisture changes;
Height [1]  33 feet (10 m)
Width [1]  16.4 feet (5 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Mt. Field National Park II 39289 Tasmania, Australia

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Citations

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1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
2Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
3Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
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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