Araucaria columnaris
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Phil Markey
Family: Araucariaceae Species
Common Name: Cook pine
Scientific Synonymy:
Cupressus columnaris, Dombeya excelsa, Araucaria excelsa, Columbea excelsa, Eutacta excelsa, Araucaria cookii, Araucaria intermedia, Araucaria neocaledonica
Cold Hardiness Zone: 10a View the UK and US zone maps
Araucaria columnaris Information
General Information
Captain Cook first recorded it on his second voyage in the Pacific. It is at its most abundant on the small islands off southern New Caledonia. A tall columnar tree that emerges from the canopy of dense evergreen rainforests along the coast and on coral islands, at sea-level. IUCN conservation status: Not Threatend
Distribution
Distribution information currently being revised.