Exocarpos cupressiformis

Cherry Ballart at Dunlop, ACT

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Identification history

Exocarpos cupressiformis	7 Sep 2019	pinnaCLE
Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana	2 Sep 2019	BettyDonWood
Unidentified	2 Sep 2019	Kurt

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5 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

3 Sep 2019

With no cones, it is probably a male tree.

pinnaCLE wrote:

8 Sep 2019

I have called back the ID of this sighting. I was surprised to see Casuarina appear from so high on a rocky knoll in the Pinnacle, so went in to take a look. There are 2 small Exocarpos's on this rise, neither exactly at the coords quoted for the sighting. However, the dead trunk and rocks at the base of photo 1 submitted confirm I did eventually find this plant. Close look at photos 3 and 4 show none of the segmentation or whorls of teeth/leaves that would characterise Casuarina. With my hand lens I could see tiny triangular leaves, but only as singles on the outside wherever the branchlets divided. Also photo 3 shows the tiny pink flowers right at the tips of the branchlets. Finally photo 1 is showing the 'autumn' colours that so many Exocarpos display right now. It's way too early for fruit+seed to have formed.

BettyDonWood wrote:

8 Sep 2019

Thanks. I had assumed the photo was taken on the banks of the Molonglo and did not look closely at what I assumed were the leaf whorls.

Kurt wrote:

8 Sep 2019

Hi all, I note there is some confusion with the location of this sighting. I don’t have GPS on my camera and just enter the location as well as I can remember on the sat. Image on the website. Maybe I should always add that this is an approximate location? Cheers, Kurt

BettyDonWood wrote:

8 Sep 2019

Or make a comment about where the sighting is.

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