Halocarpus biformis

Botanical Description

Halocarpus biformis is a densely branched, erect, evergreen shrub, sometimes becoming a tree with a rounded or flat-topped crown; it can grow up to 10 metres tall with a trunk up to 60cm in diameter[ 2124 Title A Handbook of the World's Conifers Vol. 1 (Second revised edition) Publication Author Farjon A. Publisher Brill; Leiden, The Netherlands Year 2017 ISBN 978 90 04 32449 7 Description ]. When attaining tree-size, the plant produces a valuable wood. State protection of what is left of native trees, however, prohibits felling and so there is no commercial use of its wood at present[ 2124 Title A Handbook of the World's Conifers Vol. 1 (Second revised edition) Publication Author Farjon A. Publisher Brill; Leiden, The Netherlands Year 2017 ISBN 978 90 04 32449 7 Description ]. It is not in cultivation outside a few botanic gardens and arboreta[ 2124 Title A Handbook of the World's Conifers Vol. 1 (Second revised edition) Publication Author Farjon A. Publisher Brill; Leiden, The Netherlands Year 2017 ISBN 978 90 04 32449 7 Description ]. Halocarpus biformis is relatively widespread and frequent. 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. ].