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Callitris columellaris
Also called Cypress Pine, Murray River Pine, Northern Cypress-pine, Western Cypress, Western Sand Cypress, White Pine, Bribie Island Pine
Callitris columellaris is a small native Australian conifer, usually 4 to 12 m tall, found across most of the continent. It is tough and drought tolerant, and it grows best in full sun with excellent drainage.
Callitris columellaris is a species of coniferous tree in the cypress family, Cupressaceae, native to most of Australia. Common names include white cypress, white cypress-pine, Murray River cypress-pine, Bribie Island pine and northern cypress-pine. Callitris columellaris has become naturalised in Hawaii and in southern Florida.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Callitris columellaris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
