Tasmanian Pencil Pine
Athrotaxis laxifolia
Taxodiaceae · coniferous tree · introduced
Last updated
Quick Facts
Height
30–65 ft
Light
Full Sun
Origin
the mountainous region of western Tasmania, Australia
Watch for this season
Eriophyid miteHigh
Spring Dispersal & Bud Invasion
Pine needle scaleHigh
Crawler Emergence
Armillaria Root RotModerate
Active Below-ground Growth
Phytophthora Root RotModerate
Growing Season Stress Expression
Diseases: Regionally Documented (11)
Endocronartium harknessii Western Gall Rust Cronartium ribicola White Pine Blister Rust Phytophthora spp. (P Phytophthora Root Rot Lophodermium spp. Lophodermium Needle Cast Lophodermella concolor Lophodermella Needle Cast Elytroderma deformans Elytroderma Needle Cast Arceuthobium spp. (parasitic plant) Dwarf Mistletoe Armillaria spp. — primarily A Armillaria Root Rot Symptom category — not a single disease Leaf Blight Phytophthora lateralis Port Orford cedar root rot Seiridium cardinale Seiridium Canker
Pests: Regionally Documented (13)
Eriophyidae Eriophyid mite Pineus strobi Pine bark adelgid Dioryctria spp. Coneworm Pine Aphid Pissodes strobi White pine weevil Tetranychidae Spider mite Synanthedon sequoiae Sequoia pitch moth Pine Needle Sheathminer Pine Sheath Miner Chionaspis pinifoliae Pine needle scale Pine Butterfly Coloradia pandora Pandora moth Dendroctonus ponderosae Mountain pine beetle Rhyacionia buoliana European pine shoot moth
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