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Callitris preissii Miq.
Rottnest Island Pine

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:643 (1845)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Tree or shrub or (conifer), 1-9 m high (to 6m wide), dorsal surface of leaf rounded; cones usually more than 2cm wide, scales failing to separate to base. Fl. brown-yellow-orange, Oct to Dec or Jan. Yellow, white, grey or red sand, loam, light brown clay loam, granite, laterite, limestone. Granitic outcrops, flat or undulating plains to steep slopes, valley slopes, salt lake margins.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 3 October 2007
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Carlisle, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Hampton, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Maralinga, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Busselton, Claremont, Cockburn, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Fremantle, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Kwinana, Lake Grace, Laverton, Manjimup, Menzies, Merredin, Mosman Park, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Nedlands, Perth, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Sandstone, Stirling, Wanneroo, Westonia, Williams, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn.