Actinostrobus acuminatus, commonly known as dwarf cypress, creeping pine or Moore cypress pine, is a species of coniferous tree in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). Like the other species in the genus Actinostrobus, it is endemic to southwestern Western Australia, where it can be found along the shorelines of rivers. The Mount Henry Peninsula is an example of the environment in which this cypress is found. It shares the common name dwarf cypress with several other plants, and shares the name creeping pine with others.
It is a shrub or small tree, reaching 1âÂÂ4.5 m tall. The leaves are evergreen and mixed scale-like and needle-like, except on young seedlings, where they are all needle-like. The leaves are arranged in six rows along the twigs, in alternating whorls of three; the scale leaves are 2âÂÂ4 mm long, the needle leaves 10âÂÂ20 mm long. The male cones are small, 3âÂÂ6 mm long, and are located at the tips of the twigs. The female cones start out similarly inconspicuous, but mature in 18âÂÂ20 months to 15âÂÂ20 mm long, with a pointed apex.