Weeds of Australia - Fact Sheet

Top Scientific Name Synonyms Family Common Names Origin Naturalised Distribution Notes

Scientific Name

Callitris rhomboidea R. Br. ex Rich.

Synonyms

Callitris australis (Pers.) Sweet
Callitris australis R.Br. ex Hook. f., nom. illeg.
Callitris cupressiformis F. Muell.
Callitris cupressiformis F. Muell. var. cupressiformis
Callitris cupressiformis F. Muell. var. mucronata (Benth.) Maiden
Callitris cupressiformis F. Muell. var. pendula (Parl.) Maiden
Callitris cupressiformis F. Muell. var. tasmanica (Benth.) Maiden
Callitris rhomboidea R. Br. ex Rich. var. rhomboidea
Callitris rhomboidea R. Br. ex Rich. var. tasmanica Benth.
Callitris tasmanica (Benth.) R.T. Baker & H.G. Sm.
Cupressus australis Pers.
Cyparissia australis (Pers.) Hoffmans.
Frenela australis (Pers.) Mirb.
Frenela rhomboidea (R. Br. ex Rich.) Endl.
Frenela rhomboidea (R. Br. ex Rich.) Endl. var. mucronata Benth.
Frenela rhomboidea (R. Br. ex Rich.) Endl. var. pendula Parl.
Frenela rhomboidea (R. Br. ex Rich.) Endl. var. tasmanica Benth.
Frenela triquetra Spach.
Thuja australis Bosc ex Poir.

Family

Cupressaceae

Common Names

Oyster Bay cypress pine, Oyster Bay pine, Port Jackson pine

Origin

Native to some parts of eastern and south-eastern Australia. It has a sporadic and interrupted distribution from the Blackdown Tableland, in central Queensland, through eastern New South Wales to the Howe Range in East Gippsland, in eastern Victoria. Populations are also present near Melbourne and in the Little Desert and Grampian Range, in western Victoria, on Kangaroo Island and in the Mount Lofty Ranges, in south-eastern South Australia, and in eastern Tasmania.

Naturalised Distribution

Naturalised in south-western Western Australia and beyond its natural range in some parts of Victoria. It is possibly also naturalised beyond its native range in some parts of central New South Wales.

Notes

This native tree species is regarded as an environmental weed where it is growing outside its natural range in central Victoria.