The foliage consists of jointed needle-like branchlets with reduced leaves in whorls of 8-10. Young trees have a pyramidal crown, which becomes more open with maturity. Male flower spikes are borne at the tips of shoots and small rounded female flowers occur in clusters along the branches. Fertilized female flowers develop into rounded cones (purplish) which ripen in the autumn and shed seed at maturity. This plant grows to a height of roughly 20-35m and has a diameter of about 0.5-1.5m. This plant is not drought tolerant.
- Type
- Native
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Medium Trees & shrubs 3 - 7 metres
- Root size
- 4 metres
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Zones
- Moist temperate with hot summers, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Wind
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun
- Flowering seasons
- Summer, Autumn
- Colours
- Green, Black
- Gardens
- Native Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants, Habitat plants