Foliage and cone on an ornamental specimen [C.J. Earle, May-1999].
Common Names
Summit or yellow-twig Athrotaxis (1).Taxonomic notes
Syn: A. doniana Henk. & Hochst. (1).Description
"A conical tree 12-21 m. tall. Bark dark orange-brown, deeply fissured, flaky, exfoliating. Seasonal branchlets pale or bright yellow. Trees sparsely branched. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, slightly spreading, acute, 6 mm. long, with 2 white bands of stomata below, margins entire and translucent, apex incurved. Male cone with 2 pollen sacs. Female cone produced in pairs, densely clustered on ends of short shoots, ovoid, bright yellow or pale, 1.5-3 cm. wide, on a peduncle 2-3 mm. long; scales thin, triangular, papery, wavy, glaucous at the base, without prominent umbos. Seeds with 2 narrow wings" (1).Range
Australia: W. Tasmania, on mountain summits, to 1219 m (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
See also Paleobotany of Australia and New Zealand conifers.Citations
(1) Silba 1986.(2) "Tasmanian cedar," Britannica Online.
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Last modified on 10-Jul-1999