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Welcome to the Native Cherry tree A little bit about me

I am a native tree I live off the roots of eucayptus and as I don't put anything back that makes me a parasite

I think my latin name is =Exocarpos cupressiformis= (But Miss is going to check that and change it if necessary. //One test would be does my bark look like this//

//**Exocarpos cupressiformis**//, is an Australian [|endemic] (native to the country) plant species commonly known as the **native cherry** or **cherry ballart**.

The species is found in [|sclerophyll] forest on the east coast of [|Australia]. It is also commonly found in the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia. It is a small tree (or large shrub), hemiparasitic on the roots of other trees. It most commonly parasitizes Eucalyptus plants. The leaves are reduced to small scales and the stems are the site of photosynthesis. It superficially resembles the [|cypress]. Its flowers are arranged in clusters on short spikes; the fruit is a globular nut on a short stalk. As it ripens the stalk swells and turns red, like an inside out cherry. The fruit is 4-6 mm long and is edible. The seed is found on the outside of the fruit, hence the name exocarpus, from the Latin meaning //outer//. The wood is very fine-grained with little figure but often striking colour variation and was historically used for making furniture, gun-stocks, and tool handles. (From Wikipedia)