#1783 most planted
Prumnopitys
Miro · also Mataī, Brown pine, Black pine
ConiferEvergreen
19
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
4.8 yr
median age (100% have a planting date)
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Prumnopitys are densely branched, dioecious evergreen conifers native to South America and New Zealand, growing up to 40 meters tall. They are long-lived trees with distinctive peeling bark and yew-like leaves. Their fruits are an important food source for the kererū bird and they host several endemic moths.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 190.01%4.8 yr—
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 131.2 ft
- Canopy spread
- 40 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul, Aug
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- New Zealand North Island temperate forests
- New Zealand South Island temperate forests
Other Prumnopitys in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.