Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Araucaria heterophylla
Common name
Norfolk Island Pine
Family
Araucariaceae
Where found
Planted as an ornamental. Gardens and roadsides. Coastal and Sydney area inland from the coast.
Native to Norfolk Island.
Notes
Introduced tree to 70 m tall. Bark peeling in thin flakes. Juvenile leaves 1–1.25 cm long, transitioning into mature leaves. Mature leaves in overlapping series encircling the stems, 0.4-0.7 cm long, 3-6 mm wide. Male cones single, 4–5 cm long, 1–1.3 cm diameter. Female cones 7.5–10 cm long, 8–10 cm diameter, in small groups. Mature cones 100–120 mm long and 120–140 mm in diameter.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Araucaria~heterophylla (accessed 3 January, 2021)
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