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Phyllocladus

celery pine

Other common names
celery-leaved pine
Synonyms

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Botanical details
Family
Podocarpaceae
Native to the UK
No
Potentially harmful
Genus

Phyllocladus

Genus description

A small genus of evergreen conifer trees or shrubs known as 'celery pines' mainly found in New Zealand, Tasmania and the Southern Hemisphere. This genus has two types of leaf; scale-like, non-functioning ones and flattened ones which look like celery leaves. Bright pinkish-red cones appear in early spring

Name status

Correct

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