naturalizedAraucariaceae

Araucaria cunninghamii

Hoop pine

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Araucaria cunninghamii is a species of Araucaria known as hoop pine. Other less commonly used names include colonial pine, Queensland pine, Dorrigo pine, Moreton Bay pine and Richmond River pine. The scientific name honours the botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham, who collected the first specimens in the 1820s.

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