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Dacrydium lycopodioides Brongniart and Grisebach

Common Names

Mou (1).

Taxonomic notes

Description

"A tree [9-12 m] high, of fastigate habit. BRANCHLETS erect, dense. LEAVES crowded, narrowly lanceolate, about [6 mm] long, rigid, sharply pointed, keeled beneath. SEED ovoid" (2).

Range

New Caledonia (1): in coniferous forests at elevations of about 1070 m (2).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Silba 1986.
(2) Dallimore & Jackson 1967.


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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/po/da_m/lycopodioides.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.net
Last modified on 21-Dec-98

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