Araucaria cunninghamii
Hoop pine · also Colonial pine, Queensland pine, Dorrigo pine
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Araucaria cunninghamii, commonly known as hoop pine, is an evergreen conifer native to New Guinea and Eastern Australia. It is a valuable timber species, widely used for various wood products. This tree requires moderate water and can be found growing in subtropical climates.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3150.19%—15 in
- 90.00%29 yr9.0 in
- 30.00%—9.4 in
- 10.00%—8.7 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 50–100 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20–40 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
Trunk diameters across every city: median 15 in, mean 15 in, 90th percentile 22 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests
- Northern New Guinea montane rain forests
- Queensland tropical rain forests
- Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests
- Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests
Other Araucaria in the catalogue
8 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
