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Celery-top pine, Phyllocladus aspleniifolius This is not a leaf.<br /> This is not a phyllode (flattened petiole)<br /> It is a flattened twig. Australia,Geotagged,Phyllocladus aspleniifolius,Summer Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Celery-top pine, Phyllocladus aspleniifolius

This is not a leaf.
This is not a phyllode (flattened petiole)
It is a flattened twig.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    That is fascinating! Did you get a chance to feel it? Does it feel like actual wood? Posted 8 years ago
    1. View Martin Lagerwey's profile
      Martin Lagerwey
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      They feel like leaves. They are in thick forest and a photograph of the whole tree was not possible. Posted 8 years ago

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The Celery-top pine

''Phyllocladus aspleniifolius'', commonly known as the celery-top pine, is an endemic gymnosperm of Tasmania, Australia. It is found in rainforest as a dominant, in eucalypt forest as an understorey species, and occurs occasionally as a shrub in alpine vegetation. It is confined to areas of high rainfall and low fire frequency.

It is a medium-sized evergreen coniferous tree, growing to 20 m tall . The leaves are minute, brown and scale-like, less than 1 mm long, and sparsely produced;.. more

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Similar species: Pinales
Species identified by Martin Lagerwey
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By Martin Lagerwey

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Uploaded Feb 22, 2017. Captured Jan 14, 2017 21:42 in Hartz Peak Track, Southwest TAS 7139, Australia.
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  • Canon EOS 600D
  • f/16.0
  • 1/197s
  • ISO200
  • 65mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.