Creeping Pine
Microcachrys tetragona
Podocarpaceae · coniferous shrub · introduced
Last updated
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Quick Facts
Light
Full Sun to Shade
Hardiness
Zone Zones 8a–8b
Origin
western Tasmania Microcachrys: of Greek origin meaning small
Diseases (9)
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 ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot Raspberry bushy dwarf virus and related viruses Virus
Pests (24)
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 Common Leaf Spot Gray Mold Red Stele Aphidoidea Aphid Halyomorpha halys Brown marmorated stink bug Noctuidae Cutworms and Armyworms Tortricidae Leafroller Otiorhynchus spp. Root weevil Gastropoda Slug Cercopidae Spittlebug Drosophila suzukii Spotted-wing drosophila