<\/a><\/p>\nHere’s one tough tree.<\/p>\n
The Calitirs Pine is pretty common around the Flinders Ranges.<\/p>\n
It is sometimes confused with the Cypress “pine’ but is no relation.<\/p>\n
Used extensively in days gone by for housing, mining and for fence posts, the Calitris is termite resistant – a big advantage in these parts.<\/p>\n
It is said the Calitris pine is one of the few plant species to survive the transition over millions of years from rain forest area to what is now semi-arid country.<\/p>\n
That makes them pretty hardy trees as can be seen here on the rocky slopes of the Warraweena Conservation Park, east of Beltana in the northern Flinders Ranges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here’s one tough tree. The Calitirs Pine is pretty common around the Flinders Ranges. It is sometimes confused with the Cypress “pine’ but is no relation. Used extensively in days…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-flora","8":"category-warraweena"},"yoast_head":"\n
The Calitris Pine - Peter MacDonald Photo<\/title>\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n