Callitris preissii Miq.
Rottnest Island Pine
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. 1:643 (1845)
Conservation Code:
Not threatened
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status:
Current
Brief Description
Amanda Spooner,
Wednesday 3 October 2007
Tree or shrub (conifer), 1-9 m high (to 6m wide), dorsal surface of leaf rounded; cones usually more than 2cm wide, scales failing to separate to base. Fl. brown-yellow-orange, Oct to Dec or Jan. Yellow, white, grey or red sand, loam, light brown clay loam, granite, laterite, limestone. Granitic outcrops, flat or undulating plains to steep slopes, valley slopes, salt lake margins.
Distribution
Beard’s Provinces: Eremaean Province, South-West Province.
IBRA Regions: Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions: Avon Wheatbelt P1, Avon Wheatbelt P2, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Eastern, Maralinga, Fitzgerald, Hampton, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Northern band, Carlisle, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions: Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs): Albany, Busselton, Claremont, Cockburn, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Fremantle, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Kwinana, Lake Grace, Laverton, Manjimup, Menzies, Merredin, Mosman Park, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Nedlands, Perth, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Sandstone, Stirling, Wanneroo, Westonia, Williams, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn.
