Cupressus sp.
A Cypress at Mongarlowe, NSW
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| Cupressus sp. | MichaelMulvaney | 29 Aug 2020 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 15 Apr 2020 |
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Finally - I found a nut on this tree. Is it a cyprus? Callitrus? Or are they one and the same?
6 comments
16 Apr 2020
It is in the family Cupressaceae. Callitris and the cypresses belong to this family. I don’t think it is a cypress, which have much denser growth. A photo of the whole tree would help.
The female cones in the family Cupressaceae are on short shoots among the leaves so I suspect this cone or gumnut has been dropped by a bird.
The female cones in the family Cupressaceae are on short shoots among the leaves so I suspect this cone or gumnut has been dropped by a bird.
16 Apr 2020
I can see that it is a Cupressus cone that probably fell into the branch join. Based on the cone being round, only having small bumps, the leaves being green and the branchlets growing at different angle I think Cupressus macrocarpa is most likely but don't know the genus very well
16 Apr 2020
I've just added a photo of the tree from my height, looking up - if you can see it from the tangle of other trees in which it is growing.
16 Apr 2020
Actually - I'm having a lot of trouble editing my sightings to add/delete photos. Wondering if it's teething problems with the upgrade? Will post separately.
16 Apr 2020
The habit does not look right for macrocarpa.
Lisa, could you stand at least the height of the tree away from it for a photo, or better, the maximum distance away from it so it still takes up most of the height of your photo, so we can see what the habit (general look of the whole tree including whether the branches go out sideways, down, etc) is.
Lisa, could you stand at least the height of the tree away from it for a photo, or better, the maximum distance away from it so it still takes up most of the height of your photo, so we can see what the habit (general look of the whole tree including whether the branches go out sideways, down, etc) is.
16 Apr 2020
Thank you for your patience. I've added another photo to 4256782; and this is the same tree as sighting #4250255 - and one other record, which I can't find. I'll try to get a photo as you suggest, but this is a really overgrown area, and this picture was the clearest I could get, by standing pretty much under it.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.964058-35.412122
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Apr 2020 03:42 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
- Greater than 5 metres Plant height
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Species information
- Cupressus sp. Scientific name
- A Cypress Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 887.3m Recorded at altitude
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