Accession Data
Athrotaxis x laxifolia
Common Name: Pencil Pine
Family: Cupressaceae
Country of Origin: Tasmania, Australia
Habitat: Cool, high altitude wet temperate forests
Description: This taxon is likely a natural hybrid of the other two species of Athrotaxis. The genus is placed in its own subfamily of the Cupressaceae, which is the sister group to the subfamily containing Sequoia.
Accession Data
Accession #: 202500070
Accession Date: 2025-12-30 00:00:00
Confirmed At: 2026-03-10 19:18:39
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2314
Quantity: 1
Source: Yale
Provenance: Cutting of Berkeley Botanical Garden 2012.0753, via Craig Brodersen, Yale Univ.
Classification
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Subclass: Pinidae
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
SubFamily: Athrotaxidoideae
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