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Foliage and cone on an ornamental specimen [C.J. Earle, May-1999].
Athrotaxis laxifolia Hooker

Common Names

Summit or yellow-twig Athrotaxis (1).

Taxonomic notes

Syn: A. doniana Henk. & Hochst. (1).

Description

"A conical tree 12-21 m. tall. Bark dark orange-brown, deeply fissured, flaky, exfoliating. Seasonal branchlets pale or bright yellow. Trees sparsely branched. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, slightly spreading, acute, 6 mm. long, with 2 white bands of stomata below, margins entire and translucent, apex incurved. Male cone with 2 pollen sacs. Female cone produced in pairs, densely clustered on ends of short shoots, ovoid, bright yellow or pale, 1.5-3 cm. wide, on a peduncle 2-3 mm. long; scales thin, triangular, papery, wavy, glaucous at the base, without prominent umbos. Seeds with 2 narrow wings" (1).

Range

Australia: W. Tasmania, on mountain summits, to 1219 m (1).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

See also Paleobotany of Australia and New Zealand conifers.

Citations

(1) Silba 1986.
(2) "Tasmanian cedar," Britannica Online.

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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/~earlecj/cu/at/laxifolia.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.com
Last modified on 10-Jul-1999

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