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Pencil pine
Athrotaxis cupressoides
About
Athrotaxis cupressoides, commonly known as pencil pine, despite being a species of the family Cupressaceae and not a member of the pine family. Found either as an erect shrub or as a tree, this species is endemic to Tasmania, Australia. Trees can live for upwards of 1000 years, sustaining a very slow growth rate of approximately 12 mm in diameter per year.
- Family
- Cupressaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Athrotaxis cupressoides
- Slug
- athrotaxis-cupressoides
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Athrotaxis
- Species
- cupressoides
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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