Tags: Conifer.
Athrotaxis is a genus of two to three species (depending on taxonomic opinion) of conifers in the cypress family Cupressaceae. The genus is endemic to western Tasmania where they grow in high altitude temperate rainforests.They are medium-sized evergreen trees reaching 10-30 m (rarely 40 m) tall and 1-1.5 m trunk diameter. The leaves are scale-like 3-14 mm long are borne spirally on the shoots.
