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Norfolk Island pine

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Norfolk Island pine: see monkey-puzzle tree monkey-puzzle tree, evergreen tree (Araucaria araucana) native to Chile and widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. The symmetrical branches have an unusual angularity and are completely covered by the stiff, overlapping leaves.
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Norfolk Island pine

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Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria excelsa).
(credit: Robert C. Hermes-The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers)
Evergreen timber and ornamental conifer (Araucaria excelsa, or A. heterophylla) of the family Araucariaceae, native to Norfolk Island in the South Pacific Ocean. In nature this pine grows to a height of 200 ft (60 m), with a trunk sometimes reaching 10 ft (3 m) in diameter. The wood of large trees is used in construction, furniture, and shipbuilding. The sapling stage is grown worldwide as a houseplant and as an outdoor ornamental in regions with a Mediterranean climate. The monkey puzzle tree is a relative.



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Instead, Santa rode an outrigger, elves wore aloha shirts and a Norfolk Island pine was the traditional Christmas tree.
THE REASONS FOR THE SEASON RABBI, REVEREND TO SHARE HISTORY BEHIND ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Early on in the programme for the centre, the indigenous bush was supplemented with transplanted Norfolk Island pines, those wonderful, stiff architectural trees which so gracefully articulate the sky-lines of the islands of the south-western Pacific.
Sea and sky by McInstry, Sheila / The Architectural Review
In response to a recent column on the Norfolk Island pine, Anne Zedalis of Burbank e-mailed: ``Five years ago I bought this tiny Norfolk Island pine for the holidays.
IN THE GARDEN HOW LOW CAN YOU GROW? by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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