Cupressaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Callitris preissii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Callitris preissii is an evergreen shrub or small tree, often with several stems, with a spreading or erect crown; it can grow up to 20 metres tall, though is usually smaller[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for itd wood and resin. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental and makes an excellent windbreak and soil stabilizer. Callitris preissii is treated here in its wider sense to include Callitris tuberculata R.Br. Ex R.T. Baker and H.G. Smith and Callitris gracilis R.T. Baker. Despite some loss of habitat throughout its range, the plant remains very widely distributed and relatively frequent. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth Australia - Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

HabitatUsually found on coastal and inland sand dunes (often calcareous); sandy floodplains and low ridges; skeletal soils on steep, rocky sites; somewhat alkaline clay soils; often in mallee woodlands and sometimes forming dense stands[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. , 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].