Callitris macleayana, the stringybark pine, brush cypress pine, or Port Macquarie pine, is a species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae, endemic to Australia. The tree is not closely related to pines. Stringybark pine is found in two regions of Australia's east coast, one in the centre and one in the north.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Brush cypress-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
- Araucaria cunninghamii
- Callitris columellaris
- Callitris baileyi
- Lagarostrobos franklinii
- Cryptomeria japonica
- Glyptostrobus pensilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Callitris
- Species
- Callitris macleayana
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