Tags: Conifer.
Araucaria columnaris the Coral reef araucaria Cook pine New Caledonia pine Cook araucaria or columnar araucaria is a unique species of conifer in the Araucariaceae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia in the southwestern Pacific where it was first classified by botanists of Captain James Cook’s second voyage of exploration.It is a distinctive narrowly conical tree to 60 metres (200 ft) tall. The female cone is 10-15 cm. long by 7-11 cm. wide.
