Rottnest Island Pine
Callitris preissii
Family Cupressaceae
One of only three native woodland trees on Rottnest
About
One of just three native woodland tree species on Rottnest Island (Wadjemup), alongside Rottnest Island teatree and Acacia rostellifera. Endemic to the Swan Coastal Plain, Rottnest Island and Garden Island, though now also naturalised more widely across southwest WA.
How to spot it
A slow-growing conifer 1-9m tall with fine, dense, rounded foliage. Brown-yellow-to-orange cones over 2cm wide appear October-January and don't split apart at maturity, unlike many related cypress-pines.
Found in
- Wadjemup Bidi trail network (Rottnest Island)
Source: Wikipedia: Rottnest Island; Wikipedia: Callitris preissii
Photo: Em Lamond (CC BY 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons