Callitris endlicheri (Parlatore) J. Garden, Cupressaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  High risk, score: 10 (Go to the risk assessment).

Other Latin names:  Frenela endlicheri Parl.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: black callitris, black cypress-pine, black-cypress, black-pine, mountain-pine, Murray-pine, northern cypress-pine, red cypress, red cypress-pine, red-pine, scrub-pine

Habit:  tree

Description:  "Tree to 10 m tall. Branches spreading. Leaves c. 2 mm long on ultimate branchlets, dark green or grey-green; dorsal surface prominently but not acutely keeled. Male cones clustered, ovoid to obovoid, to 3 mm long. Female cones solitary or clustered on slender, usually clustered fruiting branchlets, ovoid to depressed-globular, 15-20 mm in diameter, shedding seeds and deciduous shortly after maturity; cone scales 6, with a small dorsal point near apex, separating almost to the base, remaining incurved after opening; alternate scales reduced; larger scales apically tapered or contracted; columella variable, usually deeply 3-lobed or 3-partite, 1-3 mm high. Seeds numerous, dark brown; wings 2 or 3, to 3 mm wide"  (Flora of Australia online).

Habitat/ecology:  In Australia (native), "usually grows in shallow soils on rocky sites, often over siliceous substrates"  (Flora of Australia online).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria) (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawai‘i (Big) Island	introduced cultivated	Lau, Alex/Frohlich, Danielle (2012) (p. 14) Forestry plantings.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Kaua‘i Island	introduced cultivated	Lau, Alex/Frohlich, Danielle (2012) (p. 14) Forestry plantings.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Maui Island	introduced cultivated	Lau, Alex/Frohlich, Danielle (2012) (p. 14) Forestry plantings.
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced invasive	Lau, Alex/Frohlich, Danielle (2012) (p. 14) Voucher cited: J. Rohrer U.S. Army 107 (BISH)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Australia Australia (continental)	Australia (continental)	native	Australian Biological Resources Study (2011) Victoria
Australia Australia (continental)	New South Wales	native	Australian Biological Resources Study (2011)
Australia Australia (continental)	Queensland	native	Australian Biological Resources Study (2011)

Additional information:
Fact sheet from Florabank.

Additional online information about Callitris endlicheri is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Callitris endlicheri as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Callitris endlicheri may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Australian Biological Resources Study. 2011. Flora of Australia Online. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Lau, Alex/Frohlich, Danielle. 2012. New plant records from O‘ahu for 2009. In: Evenhuis, Neal L. and Eldredge, Lucius G., eds. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011. Part II: Plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 113:7-26.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2011. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.