Callitris oblonga

Location & distribution maps

Plant description

Common name:         South Esk pine   

• Also, pygmy cypress pine, pigmy cypress pine, river pine, or Tasmanian cypress pine

Conservation status: Vulnerable

• It faces a number of threats including land clearing, habitat degradation, and damage from or competition with invasive species

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:                            

• This species is monoecious

• The female cones are egg shaped, measuring 12-15 mm in diameter, sessile or borne on short fruiting branchlets, and may occur singly or in clusters

Leaves:         

• Leaves measuring 4-5 mm long 

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 5 m tall

Habitat:   

Distribution:                  

• It is endemic to Australia

• it is native to NSW and Tasmania, with one subspecies introduced in Victoria

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • There are three subspecies currently recognised:

    • C. o. oblonga – northeast Tasmania,[7] introduced in Victoria[6]

    • C. o. corangensis (K.D. Hill) – New England Tablelands in northern New South Wales[7]

    • C. o. parva (K.D. Hill) – Corang River catchment in southern New South Wales

Sources of information:

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