Norfolk Island Pine (SPC Clearwater Campus Plants)

Norfolk Island Pine

Araucaria heterophylla

Summary ³

Araucaria heterophylla (synonym A. excelsa) is a vascular plant in the ancient and now disjointly distributed conifer family Araucariaceae. As its vernacular name Norfolk Island pine implies, the tree is endemic to Norfolk Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, about 1440 km east of Sydney, Australia. The genus Araucaria occurs across the South Pacific, especially concentrated in New Caledonia (about 700 km due

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Melisa Trockels

Interesting Facts ⁴

This plant resembles a small Christmas tree and has been known to be gifted as such. In Florida these trees only grow to about 80 feet tall but in their native habitat they can reach 200 feet tall.

Source: University of Florida: IFAS Extension. Norfolk Island Pine [Internet]. 2018. Available from http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/trees-and-shrubs/trees/norfolk-island-pine.html

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