Featherwood

(Polyosma cunninghamii)

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Description

Polyosma cunninghamii, known as the featherwood, is a small rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows in many different types of rainforest, however seldom found in the drier rainforests. It's often seen in the cooler rainforests at high altitude. The range of natural distribution is from Kioloa (35° S) near Batemans Bay in southern New South Wales, to Maleny (26° S) in south eastern Queensland.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Escalloniales
Family:Escalloniaceae
Genus:Polyosma
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