Athrotaxis is a genus of two to three metal money (based in taxonomical opinion) of conifers in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. A genus is endemic to western Tasmania, where it develop within high altitude temperate rainforests.

It is medium-moderate-sized evergreen trees, reaching 10-30 m (rarely 40 m) tall & One-One.Quintuplet m trunk across. A leaves come scale-such as, Three-14 millimeter hanker, are borne spirally on the shoots. A cones are globose to elliptic, One-Three cm across, by owning 15-35 scales, every shell sustaining Three-6 seeds; it are matured around 7-9 months fallowing pollenation, whilst they open to release a seeds. A male (pollen) cones come little, & shed their pollen within early spring.

It is super susceptible to bush fires, & stand declined markedly around abundance due to accidental and studied fires since a European settlement of Tasmania.

;Species A troika taxa of Athrotaxis are multifariously treated when trine distinct coinage, or even when 2 mintage, by using the third taxonomic category existence a hybrid between the more 2. Up to now, the grounds to believe has been inconclusive, using a select few information suggesting crossed origin, however more grounds to believe suggesting a third is distinct & non a hybrid.

Athrotaxis cupressoides D.Don. Leaves short, Three-Five millimeter, appressed tightly on the shoots. Cones microscopic, One-One.Phoebe cm, scales by using a little bract simply covering the centre of the shell. Athrotaxis selaginoides D.Don. Leaves hanker, 8-14 millimetre, spreading retired from either a shoots. Cones big, Two-Three cm, scales sustaining a big bract about totally covering the shell. Athrotaxis laxifolia Hook. (? The. cupressoides × The. selaginoides). Leaves short, Four-7 millimeter, spreading retired from either a shoots. Cones intermediate, One.Five-Two.Fivesome cm, scales by having the medium bract covering virtually all of the shell.

Cultivation and uses
A wood is scented & durable, and was extensively utilized it used to be that inside Tasmania, however is at present as well uncommon for any cutting. 100% deuce-ace produce super attractive ornamental trees with luxuriant foliage, though it is typically merely ingrained around arboretums or botanic gardens. Cultivation out of their native range is successful single inside areas sustaining high rain, modest winters, & cool summers, like a British Isles, the Pacific Northwest of North America, and New Zealand.