Common Name:
Tasmanian Cedars
A genus of two or three species of conifers in the Taxodiaceae family. All are endemic to western Tasmania where they grow in high altitude temperate rainforests.
Athrotaxis: derived from the Greek athros, crowded, and taxis, arrangement, a reference to the dense, overlapping arrangement of the small leaves.
Pronunciation:
ath-roh-TAKS-iss
Family:
Taxodaceae