| Port Jackson Pine
Callitris rhomboidea |
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| Family: CUPRESSACEAE | Distribution: Queensland to Victoria |
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Description: Large shrub or small tree with spreading branches, 3-6m tall. Leaves green-glaucous, 2-3 mm long. Fruiting cones 20 mm diam. Usually grows in coastal woodland.
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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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