Dacrycarpus expansus

Botanical Description

Dacrycarpus expansus is an evergreen tree that can grow from 9 - 25 metres tall, occasionally reaching 30 metres. The bole can be 22 - 58cm in diameter[ 329 Title The Gymnosperm Database Publication Author Website http://www.conifers.org/index.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A vast amount of information on conifers and families of gymnosperms. , 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. Little is known about the uses of this species; it is assumed to be logged on a small scale for local use mainly, and if traded, would be called 'podocarp' together with other species of Podocarpus logged in the Central Highlands of New Guinea[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. This species is predominantly distributed in high elevation swamp grassland to cloud forest ecotone, where no commercial logging takes place. Trees at lower elevations may be more at risk of being logged, but quantitative data are very difficult to obtain as no distinction is made between the species of Dacrycarpus or even other podocarps when logged.The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].