1. ARAUCARIA HETEROPHYLLA
BOTANICAL NAME
ARAUCARIA HETEROPHYLLA

2. PRONUNCIATION
ah-raw-KAIR-ee-uh het - er - oh - FIL - uh

3. COMMON NAME
Norfolk Island Pine

5. FAMILY
Araucariaceae

6. Life Cycle
House plant- Perennial
Outdoors- annual

7. Growth Habit
Tree
Height 100’
Width 40’
Upright

9. ARRANGEMENT
Whorled

10. LEAF
Length - 1/2” needles

12. MARGIN
Entire

13. VEINS
Parallel

14. COMPOSITION
Bi-pinnately Compound

15. FLOWER
Spring

16. FRUIT
Fall

17. EXPOSURE
Sun

18. GROWTH
Medium

19. USE
Specimen

20. DESCRIPTION
Leaf is a needle, but the plant is not really a pine even though it produces cones

21. CULTURAL PRACTICES Propagated by air layering or seed
Needs indirect sun
Needs some humidity

22. Cultural Practices
Often sold at Christmas as an indoor, potted Christmas tree

24. PROBLEMS

25. ZONES 10

26. NATIVE OF:
Norfolk Island (New Zealand)