Tree
Cook Pine
Araucaria columnaris (G.Forst.) Hook.
New Caledonia
Fun factWhen Captain James Cook sighted these trees in New Caledonia, from a distance they resembled pillars or columns of basalt, which gave the species its name columnaris.
A large evergreen conifer with a straight trunk, horizontal branches arranged in rings, and a narrow columnar crown. The bark is grey, rough and thick with horizontal cracks. It is often confused with the Norfolk Island pine, a related species, and is widely planted as a landscape tree in the tropics.
Sourced · see Record tab
10on the estate
0carrying a tag
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FamilyAraucariaceae
Spanish nameAraucaria columnar de Nueva Caledonia
Also known asCook araucaria, Columnar araucaria, Araucaria columnar de Nueva Caledonia, Pino de Cook
Native toSouth-eastern New Caledonia, including the Isle of Pines and the Loyalty Islands
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10 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.