Stats

Lifespan

Up to 150 yrs

Size

Huge

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Subtropical forest

Range

South Pacific

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Armor

Status

Vulnerable

About

The Norfolk Island Pine is a stately conifer native to a single island in the South Pacific, yet has become one of the world's most recognisable houseplants for its perfectly symmetrical, tiered branches. Despite its common name, it belongs to the ancient Araucariaceae family — a lineage that predates the dinosaurs — not to true pines.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Pinopsida

Order

Pinales

Family

Araucariaceae

Genus

Araucaria

Species

Araucaria heterophylla