Callitris gracilis
R.Baker Slender Cypress-pineBroad conical tree to 20 m high, or straggly tree in less favourable habitats. Leaves 2–4(rarely to 8) mm long, dark green, occasionally glaucous, outer side rounded. Female cones single or in groups of 2 or more, ovoid to subglobose, usually 2.5–4 cm diam. when open, persistent; scales thick, permanently adhering toward base, dorsal surface finely to coarsely rugose, frequently with tubercles, with very small dorsal point near apex; columella not lobed, usually short and thick.
LoM, MuM, Wim, VVP, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS. Also SA, NSW. In open woodland on sandy rises mostly in north-west Victoria.
The thickness of the scales varies considerably among trees, even in the same area. See also notes under Callitris glaucophylla and C. verrucosa.
Previously included in Callitris preissii, but that name is restricted to near-coastal plants from the Perth and Rottnest Is areas in Western Australia. The cone-scales of C. preissii are regularly and conspicuously verrucose.
Entwisle, T.J. (1994). Conifers (Pinophyta). In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 113–121. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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