Callitris monticola

Callitris monticola is a species of the family of the cypress family ( Cupressaceae ). It is native to eastern Australia.

Description

Callitris monticola grows as an upright, bushy, evergreen shrub that can reach heights of growth of up to 2.5 meters. The walk upright branches from the trunk.

The blue- green to dark green leaves are 2 to 4 millimeters long and the back of the page is conspicuously keeled.

About the male cones is in the evaluated sources have not known. The standing on the branches singly or in small groups female cones are broad ovoid shaped with a diameter of 1.5 to 2.5 centimeters to flattened - spherical. The cones are initially colored blue green and turn down to maturity. Each pin includes six thick cone scales and several seeds. The seeds can remain in the journal several years after maturity before they are released and drop the pins from the branches. The dark brown seeds are about 2 to 3 millimeters in size and have two or three blades.

Occurrence and risk

The natural range of Callitris monticola is located in southeast Queensland and northeastern New South Wales. In New South Wales, the distribution area of the Gibraltar Range National Park extends to the coast. In Queensland, it includes the Border Ranges on the border with New South Wales.

Callitris monticola mainly grows on shallow, sandy soils that form on sandstone, granite or rhyolite.

Callitris monticola is classified in the IUCN Red List in 1998 as a " compromised ". It is noted, however, that a re-examination of risk is necessary. The main hazard reasons of logging, forest fires and overgrazing are given.

Taxonomy

The first description of Callitris monticola was made in 1957 by Joy Garden in Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Volume 2, page 385

Swell

• Christopher J. Earle: Callitris monticola. In: The Gymnosperm Database. www.conifers.org, November 25, 2012, accessed on 30 January 2013 ( English).
• Callitris monticola. In: Flora of Australia Online. www.anbg.gov.au, accessed on 30 January 2013 ( English).