MORETON BAY PINE

also called Hoop Pine, or Colonial Pine (species Araucaria cunninghamii), a large evergreen timber conifer of the family Araucariaceae, native to the coastal rain forests of northern New South Wales to northern Queensland in eastern Australia and the Arfak Mountains of western New Guinea. The tree reaches a height of about 60 m (200 feet); its branches are horizontal and bear dense tufts of branchlets near the tips. The leaves are dagger-shaped or triangular.