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The alpine environments where these conifers occur have high levels of conifer endemism, which is an ecologically habitat for coniferous shrub species. [4] Coniferous shrub species can be observed in Mount Field National Park in Tasmania's south west along the Tarn Shelf. All species can be observed in rocky environments with shallow soil above ...
Pherosphaera hookeriana, or Mount Mawson pine (previously known as Microstrobos niphophilus), is a dwarf conifer endemic to Tasmania, at altitudes above 600 meters.There are roughly 30 known sites, with population numbers in the tens of thousands.
It is endemic to the alpine regions of Tasmania's southwest and Central Highlands, on the western coast ranges and Lake St. Clair. It is a monotypic genus restricted to high altitude rainforest and moist alpine heathland. Its distribution mirrors very closely that of other endemic Tasmanian conifers Microcachrys tetragona and Pherosphaera ...
Alpine environments in Tasmania often feature an intricate mosaic of different plant communities such as dwarf forest, conifer shrubbery, sclerophyll shrubbery, heath, bog, bolster moor, grassland and herbfield. This mosaic is not just a response to exposure or edaphic factors but is also strongly influenced by fire disturbance. [14]
Callitris oblonga, also known as the South Esk pine, [2] pygmy cypress pine, [3] pigmy cypress pine, river pine, or Tasmanian cypress pine, [4] is a species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae. It is endemic to Australia, where it is native to New South Wales and Tasmania, [5] with one subspecies introduced in Victoria. [6]
Microcachrys tetragona, known as creeping pine or creeping strawberry pine, is a species of dioecious conifer belonging to the podocarp family (Podocarpaceae). [1] It is the sole species of the genus Microcachrys. [2] The plant is endemic to western Tasmania, where it is a low shrub growing to 1 m tall at high altitudes.
Roccellinastrum flavescens is known only from Tasmania, where it grows on the living and dead twigs of Athrotaxis cupressoides, a fire-sensitive conifer endemic to the region. This species has been recorded exclusively within the high-elevation forests of the Walls of Jerusalem National Park, located in Tasmania's Central Highlands.
The spiral leaf arrangement. Athrotaxis cupressoides is an endemic native to Tasmania, Australia. Its distribution is primarily in the central and western mountain areas between 700 and 1300 m above sea level, often around tarns or damp depressions on peaty or wet rocky soils.