Araucaria araucana
Monkey puzzle tree · also Chile pine, Pewen, Pehuen
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Araucaria araucana is a striking, pyramid-shaped evergreen conifer with stiff, spiny, overlapping leaves. Native to the mountainous regions of central and southern Chile and western Argentina, it is adapted to natural fires but is now endangered due to human activities. While it has an unusual ornamental appeal, its large mature size and spiny branches may limit its suitability for smaller urban landscapes.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1,5960.11%——
- 1060.01%—2.3 in
- 530.01%29 yr4.5 in
- 370.02%—10 in
- 320.01%—3.9 in
- 130.01%—3.0 in
- 110.00%21 yr16 in
- 100.00%—9.4 in
- 100.03%—12 in
- 90.02%15 yr—
- 60.04%—12 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 98.4–164 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25–35 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Fire risk
- Low
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.4 in, mean 6.8 in, 90th percentile 16 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Araucaria in the catalogue
8 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
