Norfolk Island pine - Araucaria heterophylla
The Norfolk Island pine tree has been used in Australia for decades as a roadside tree .Almost every coastal town ,especially along the south and east coast towns have some massive pines along roads which might have been planted a 100 or more yeas ago.
"Araucaria heterophylla" is a distinctive conifer, a member of the ancient and now disjointly distributed 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 Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia.
Similar species: Pinales
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Uploaded Apr 24, 2020. Captured Apr 24, 2020 07:54 in 123 Franklin Parade, Encounter Bay SA 5211, Australia.
