Agathis australis - Wikipedia
WebAgathis australis, or kauri, is a coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae, found north of 38°S in the northern regions of New Zealand's North Island. It is the largest (by volume) but not tallest species of tree in New Zealand, standing up to 50 m tall in the emergent layer above the forest's main canopy.
Kauri: New Zealand native plants - Department of Conservation
WebKauri. Kauri are among the world's mightiest trees, growing to over 50 m tall, with trunk girths up to 16 m, and living for over 2,000 years. Kauri forests once covered 1.2 million ha from the Far North of Northland to Te Kauri, near Kawhia and were common when the first people arrived around 1,000 years ago.
Agathis - Wikipedia
WebAgathis, commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees, native to Australasia and Southeast Asia. It is one of three extant genera in the family Araucariaceae , alongside Wollemia and Araucaria (being more closely related to …
Ancient New Zealand kauri trees tell a climate change story - Vox
WebApr 13, 2021 · Buried in mud for millennia, some of the hulking kauri trees in rural Northland are portals to the past, present, and future of Earth’s climate. by Kate Evans. Apr 13, 2021, 6:40 AM PDT.
Agathis robusta - Wikipedia
WebAgathis robusta, commonly known as Dundathu pine, kauri pine, Queensland kauri (pine), Australian kauri (pine) or smooth-barked kauri, is a coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae. Although sometimes called a pine it is not a …
How and where kauri grows – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
WebOne of the largest and longest-living trees in the world, New Zealand kauri (Agathis australis) belongs to the ancient conifer family, Araucariaceae. Agathis is one of three still-existing southern hemisphere genera of Araucariaceae, and is thought to ...
Kauri forest – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
WebKauri is a native New Zealand tree that grows in the warm, northern part of the country – Auckland, the Coromandel Peninsula and Northland. It is one of the largest and longest-living trees in the world. Kauri can live for 1,000 years or more, and its trunk can be over 2 metres in diameter.
What we can learn from New Zealand's ancient kauri trees
WebMar 1, 2021 · The kauri tree, or Agathis australis, is one of the largest and longest-lived tree species in the world. An individual kauri can live for more than two millennia, reaching 200 feet tall and...
Kauri pine | Ancient Tree, New Zealand, Evergreen | Britannica
WebKauri pine, (Agathis australis), a resinous timber conifer of the family Araucariaceae, native to the North Island of New Zealand. The tree sometimes reaches 45 metres (150 feet) in height, with a diameter up to 7 m (23 ft). Kauri resin, obtained from this …
Kauri | New Zealand Geographic
WebThe world of the kauri, one of the biggest and most majestic timber trees in existence, has shrunk pitifully since the human colonisation of New Zealand. A tragic mix of ignorance, greed and necessity decimated their numbers within a single lifetime.
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