Habitat: bank, roadside

Dispersal: Seed

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 Recognition
  • a small or medium-sized widespreading tree with a dense habit and a trunk that has thick, fissured, grey or reddish brown bark.
  • its needle-like leaves (up to 33 cm long) are slender, flexible, pendulous, light green, and arranged in groups of three.
  • separate male and female cones are produced on the same plant.
  • the elongated male cones are small (1 cm long) and borne in dense clusters.
  • the mature female cones are not persistent, asymmetrical, 6-9 cm long, and sessile or with a short stalk.
 Images
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Robert Lamberts © Robert Lamberts
Image: Robert Lamberts © Robert Lamberts
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand
 References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.