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Sighting 4233803

Exocarpos cupressiformis

Cherry Ballart at Dunlop, ACT

Exocarpos cupressiformis at Dunlop, ACT - 2 Sep 2019 10:25 AM
Exocarpos cupressiformis at Dunlop, ACT - 2 Sep 2019 10:25 AM
Exocarpos cupressiformis at Dunlop, ACT - 2 Sep 2019 10:25 AM
Exocarpos cupressiformis at Dunlop, ACT - 2 Sep 2019 10:25 AM
Exocarpos cupressiformis at Dunlop, ACT - 2 Sep 2019 10:25 AM
Exocarpos cupressiformis at Dunlop, ACT - 2 Sep 2019 10:25 AM
Exocarpos cupressiformis at Dunlop, ACT - 2 Sep 2019 10:25 AM
Exocarpos cupressiformis at Dunlop, ACT - 2 Sep 2019 10:25 AM
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Identification history

Exocarpos cupressiformis 7 Sep 2019 pinnaCLE
Casuarina cunninghamiana subsp. cunninghamiana 2 Sep 2019 BettyDonWood
Unverified 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
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Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

  • Exocarpos cupressiformis Scientific name
  • Cherry Ballart Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1381.61m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

  • Ngunnawal language

    Mummadya

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  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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