Lagarostrobos franklinii, the Huon pine or Macquarie pine, is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae, native to the wet southwestern corner of Tasmania, Australia. It is the sole species in the genus Lagarostrobos; one former species, L. colensoi (endemic to New Zealand) formerly included has been transferred to a new genus Manoao. The genus was also formerly included in a broader circumscription of the genus Dacrydium.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Huon pine being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Manoao colensoi
- Callitris macleayana
- Athrotaxis cupressoides
- Halocarpus biformis
- Libocedrus bidwillii
- Fitzroya cupressoides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Podocarpaceae
- Genus
- Lagarostrobos
- Species
- Lagarostrobos franklinii
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