| Coastal Cypress Pine
Callitris columellaris |
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| Family: CUPRESSACEAE | Distribution: Queensland to Brooms Head |
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Description: Tree to 10 m. Leaves green, rarely glaucous, 1-3 mm long. Fruiting cones 5-7 mm long. Usually grows on consolidated coastal sandy soils.
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Propagation: Propagate with freshly collected
seed from ripe fruit. Allow seed to ripen on tree. Collect seed as cones open and plant immediately in clean seedling mix of 2/3 washed river sand and 1/3 peat moss or organic matter. Prick out seedlings into tubes at
cotyledon stage if possible. Seed will store if kept cool and dry and protected from insect and vermin attack. Plants can be propagated by tip
cuttings.
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Regeneration use: Climax species, usually used in assisted rehabilitation projects, i.e. ecosystem has remnant value and is not fully degraded. Can be used as pioneer species. Distribution should be checked (plant occurs only occasionally at limits of its range).
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CPR Coastal Plant Regeneration |
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