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BLACK CYPRESS PINE
Callitris Endlicheri
Plant Family
Cupressaceae
Alternative Common Names
Black pine
An evergreen tree growing 5-15 meters tall with tough, furrowed bark. The branches may be erect or spreading.
Leaves - green measuring 2-4 millimeters long.
Fruit - this species has both male and female cones, with female cones occurring solitarily or in clusters on slender fruiting branchlets. The cones are smooth, almost spherical, measuring 15-20mm in diameter and containing a number of sticky seeds coated in resin. Cones may persist on the tree for a number of years.
Flowering spring to summer.
Habitat
They prefer full sun and light textured soil.
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