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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Gymnospermae (裸子植物) > Araucariaceae (ナンヨウスギ科)
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Genera (属)Araucaria Juss. (ナンヨウスギ)Agathis Salisb. (ナギモドキ)Wollemia W. G. Jones, K. D. Hill et J. M. Allen (ウォレミマツ) |
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A. australis (D. Don) Lindl. (カウリ), New Zealand kauri A. dammara (Lamb.) Rich. et A. Rich. (ダンマルジュ) |
Synonyms: A. borneensis Warb., A. alba J. F. Jeffrey A. lanceolata Warb., New Caledonia kauri |
A. robusta (C. Moore ex F. Muell.) F. M. Bailey (ダンダタマツ), Queensland kauri |
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Kauri (カウリ/カウリマツ/ナギモドキ), kauri (Maori) Lifeform: evergreen, tall tree, occasionally with 40 m in height
long-lived (> 2000-4000 years) Habitat: lowland to hill forests Leaf: reddish when young, persisting on the tree for several years |
Use: timber, carving, waka (canoes) and gum by Maori
extensively logged by Europeans in the 18th–19th centuries Dammara australis D. Don |
Photos: In commemoration of the visit on the first anniversary of our sister city affiliation by the delegation from Auckland, New Zealand. This kauri tree was planted by Dame Katherine A. Tizard. Her worship the mayor of Auckland, New Zealand and Mr Keiich Kuwahara, the mayor of Fukuoka City, Japan. July 7, 1987 (on an arboretum in Fukuoka Zoo and Botanical Garden, northern Kyushu, on September 20 2025) |
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Distribution: 19 species in the Southern Hemisphere (except in Africa) A. angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze (パラナマツ) |
A. araucana (Molina) K.Koch (チリマツ) A. bidwillii Hook. (ヒロハノナンヨウスギ) A. columnalis (G. Forst.) Hook. (クックナンヨウスギ) |
A. cunninghamii Mudie (ナンヨウスギ) A. heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco (コバノナンヨウスギ) |
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Paranamatsu (パラナマツ), Paraná pine, Brazilian pine or candelabra tree Lifeform: evergreen tree growing to 40 m tall Distribution: southern Brazil - northeastern Argentina critically endangered |
Habitat: moist forests Cone: dioecious (male and female cones) on separate trees - pollination = wind Seed dispersal: cache by squirrels Use: softwood, garden tree in subtropical regions, edible seeds |
[1-3] at an outdoor garden in Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022. |
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One species W. nobilis W. G. Jones, K. D. Hill et J. M. Allen Woremimatsu (ウォレミマツ, ウォレミ松), Wollemi pine Lifeform: evergreen, tall tree = 25-40 in height, ≈ 1 m in width (dbh) |
Distribution: reported only from the Wollemi National Park in New South Wale, Australia
IUCN Red List: critically endangered (CR) Habitat: discovered on narrow, steep-sided, sandstone gorges |
[1-3] at an outdoor garden in Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022. |
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