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monkey puzzle tree

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Monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria araucana).
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Evergreen ornamental and timber conifer (Araucaria araucana) of the family Araucariaceae, native to the Andes Mountains of South America. The tree may grow to 150 ft (45 m) in height and 5 ft (1.5 m) in diameter. The rigid, overlapping, needle-pointed leaves are spirally arranged on stiff branches, which form a tangled, prickly network that discourages animals from climbing the tree. The Norfolk Island pine is a relative.



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From beeches and redwoods to monkey puzzles and hackberries, this oversize encyclopedia provides a wealth of information on hundreds of species of trees.
Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees by Science News
One is the monkey puzzle tree (Araucaria imbricana); the other is the bunya-bunya (Araucaria bidwillii).
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High on a wooded slope, a majestic golden bird, Skymaster, roosts in a stately tree: a cedar of Lebanon growing amongst such other exotics as a monkey puzzle tree.
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