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 Callitris monticola J. Garden

Common Names

Steelhead (1).

Taxonomic notes

Description

Tree: Erect glaucous bushy shrub to 2.5 m tall (1).
Leaves: Glaucous, 2-4 mm long (1).
Cones: Solitary or several together, widely ovoid to depressed-globose, 15-25 mm in diameter, glaucous when young, often with greyish markings around edge of scales at maturity (1).
Cone scales: Thick, each with a dorsal protuberance close to the apex, the alternate scales reduced in size; columella large and widely 3-lobed, often to 5 mm long (1).

Range

Australia: NSW & Qld. "Mostly found in granite areas, sometimes on sandstone; rare in N.S.W., from the Gibraltar Range N.P. to the Tenterfield district" (1).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Harden 1990.

See also: Silba 1986.


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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/cu/call/monticola.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.com
Last modified on 7-Feb-1999

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