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Mount Spurgeon black kauri pine <br /> Found only in this country, the genus has just nine species. The distribution is rare with plants only found growing naturally on the granite-derived soils of Mount Spurgeon and Mount Lewis in Queensland at elevations of 1000-1200 m. Seen here in a botanic garden, Prumnopitys ladei has been included in the Rare or Threatened Australian Plants (ROTAP) list, only occurring naturally in an even smaller localised area called Atherton Tablelands, south of Mount Spurgeon.<br /> <br /> Growing to a height of 10 m. Foliage is glossy-green, stiff and fern-like with leaves approximately 2 cm in length and borne in two rows along the horizontal stems. Male and female cones are borne on separate plants.<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/101279/mount_spurgeon_black_kauri_pine.html" title="Mount Spurgeon black kauri pine"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3314/101279_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1718236810&Signature=OZo7RoiVI1aVQvAs4qjFGQg3qYA%3D" width="200" height="140" alt="Mount Spurgeon black kauri pine <br /> Found only in this country, the genus has just nine species. The distribution is rare with plants only found growing naturally on the granite-derived soils of Mount Spurgeon and Mount Lewis in Queensland at elevations of 1000-1200 m. Seen here in a botanic garden, Prumnopitys ladei has been included in the Rare or Threatened Australian Plants (ROTAP) list, only occurring naturally in an even smaller localised area called Atherton Tablelands, south of Mount Spurgeon.<br /> <br /> Growing to a height of 10 m. Foliage is glossy-green, stiff and fern-like with leaves approximately 2 cm in length and borne in two rows along the horizontal stems. Male and female cones are borne on separate plants.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/101280/mount_spurgeon_black_kauri_pine.html Australia,Flora,Geotagged,Mount Spurgeon black kauri pine,Pinales,Podocarpaceae,Prumnopitys ladei,Tree,botany,new south wales,plant,spring" /></a></figure><br /> Australia,Flora,Geotagged,Mount Spurgeon black kauri pine,Pinales,Podocarpaceae,Prumnopitys ladei,Tree,botany,new south wales,plant,spring Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Mount Spurgeon black kauri pine


Found only in this country, the genus has just nine species. The distribution is rare with plants only found growing naturally on the granite-derived soils of Mount Spurgeon and Mount Lewis in Queensland at elevations of 1000-1200 m. Seen here in a botanic garden, Prumnopitys ladei has been included in the Rare or Threatened Australian Plants (ROTAP) list, only occurring naturally in an even smaller localised area called Atherton Tablelands, south of Mount Spurgeon.

Growing to a height of 10 m. Foliage is glossy-green, stiff and fern-like with leaves approximately 2 cm in length and borne in two rows along the horizontal stems. Male and female cones are borne on separate plants.

Mount Spurgeon black kauri pine <br /> Found only in this country, the genus has just nine species. The distribution is rare with plants only found growing naturally on the granite-derived soils of Mount Spurgeon and Mount Lewis in Queensland at elevations of 1000-1200 m. Seen here in a botanic garden, Prumnopitys ladei has been included in the Rare or Threatened Australian Plants (ROTAP) list, only occurring naturally in an even smaller localised area called Atherton Tablelands, south of Mount Spurgeon.<br /> <br /> Growing to a height of 10 m. Foliage is glossy-green, stiff and fern-like with leaves approximately 2 cm in length and borne in two rows along the horizontal stems. Male and female cones are borne on separate plants.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/101280/mount_spurgeon_black_kauri_pine.html Australia,Flora,Geotagged,Mount Spurgeon black kauri pine,Pinales,Podocarpaceae,Prumnopitys ladei,Tree,botany,new south wales,plant,spring

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The Mount Spurgeon black pine

''Prumnopitys ladei'', also known as Mount Spurgeon black pine, is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is found only in Australia.

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Similar species: Pinales
Species identified by Ruth Spigelman
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By Ruth Spigelman

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Uploaded Sep 12, 2020. Captured Sep 6, 2020 10:46 in Unnamed Road, Tomago NSW 2322, Australia.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/10.0
  • 10/600s
  • ISO320
  • 28mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.