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It can be easily split and resists decay; cypress-pine is also termite resistant. It is used to make furniture, indoor and outdoor paneling, and fence posts. Cypress-pines are occasionally planted as ornamental trees, but their use is restricted by the high risks imposed by their very high flammability in bushfires.
Callitris rhomboidea, commonly known as the Oyster Bay pine, Tasmanian cypress pine, Port Jackson pine, Illawarra mountain pine, or dune cypress pine, [2] [3] [4] is a species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae. It is native to Australia, occurring in South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
The pine can have a tree or shrub-like habit typically growing to a height of 1 to 9 metres (3 to 30 ft) and a width of up to 6 m (20 ft). [4] It is relatively slow growing. The crown is commonly made up fine, dense foliage. [ 5 ]
Callitris columellaris is a species of coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae (cypress family), native to most of Australia. Common names include white cypress, [3] white cypress-pine, Murray River cypress-pine, Bribie Island pine and northern cypress-pine. Callitris columellaris has become naturalised in Hawaii [4] and in southern Florida ...
Callitris endlicheri is an evergreen tree growing 5–15 m (16–49 ft) tall [5] with tough, furrowed bark. The branches may be erect or spreading with keeled green leaves measuring 2–4 mm (0.08–0.2 in) long. [6]
Cypress-pine is the common name used for three closely related genera of conifers in the cypress family Cupressaceae: Callitris (Australia) Actinostrobus (Australia)
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Actinostrobus acuminatus, commonly known as dwarf cypress, creeping pine or Moore cypress pine, [3] is a species of coniferous tree in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). Like the other species in the genus Actinostrobus , it is endemic to southwestern Western Australia , where it can be found along the shorelines of rivers.