Araucaria columnaris

The tree is endemic to New Caledonia in the Melanesia region of the Pacific. It was first classified by Johann Reinhold Forster, a botanist on the second voyage of Captain James Cook to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible. It is named directly after Cook, and not from the Cook Islands. ==Description==

Araucaria columnaris is a distinctive narrowly conical tree growing up to tall in its native habit. The trees have a slender, spire-like crown. ==Ornamental tree==

It is cultivated in gardens and public landscapes in Queensland and Victoria State of Australia, northern New Zealand, Southern California, Puerto Rico, Mexico, India, Philippines, Hawaii, South Brazil, Singapore, and Southeast Brazil. Many of the "Norfolk Island pines" that grow in Hawaii, including their descendants used as potted ornamentals on the U.S. mainland, are actually A. columnaris, the two species having been confused when introduced. The stoutest recorded, an ornamental specimen at Ulupalakua, Maui, Hawaiʻi is only in diameter at breast height. File:Araucariacolumnaris2088025388 0924f25902 o.jpg|Male cones File:Araucaria columnaris female cones.jpg|Female cones File:Araucaria columnaris 01 by Line1.jpg|Foliage ==References==