Callitris acuminata

Location & distribution maps

Plant description

Common name:         Dwarf cypress 

• Also, Creeping pine or Moore cypress pine

• It shares the common name dwarf cypress with several other plants, and shares the name creeping pine with others.

Conservation status: . . .

Etymology:   

• The name ‘callitris’ is derived from the Greek calli (meaning beautiful) and treis (meaning three), because their scale-like leaves are in whorls of three

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Cones and seed:                            

• The male cones are small, 3–6 mm long, and are located at the tips of the twigs

• The female cones start out similarly inconspicuous, but mature in 18–20 months to 15–20 mm long, with a pointed apex

Leaves:         

• The leaves are evergreen and mixed scale-like and needle-like, except on young seedlings, where they are all needle-like

• The leaves are arranged in six rows along the twigs, in alternating whorls of three

• The scale leaves are 2–4 mm long, the needle leaves 10–20 mm long. 

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• It is a shrub or small tree, reaching 1–4.5 m tall

Habitat:   

• It can be found along the shorelines of rivers

• The Mount Henry Peninsula is an example of the environment in which this cypress is found

Distribution:                  

• Like the other species in the genus Actinostrobus, it is endemic to southwestern Western Australia

Additional notes:     

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinostrobus_acuminatus (2023)