Halocarpus kirkii (F. Muell. ex Parl.) C.J. Quinn 1982

Common Names

Monoao (1).

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Dacrydium kirkii F. Mueller 1868 (2).

Description

"A tree [15-24 m] ft. high, with a trunk [30-60 cm in diameter]. Bark greyish-brown. Lower branches spreading, upper ones erect. Leaves of young trees and on the lower branches of old ones yew-like, linear, [15-38 mm] long; those of mature branches small, scale-like, closely pressed, [2-3 mm] long, obtuse, thick and leathery, with membranous margins. Male strobili solitary, [3-9 mm] long. Female strobili forming a short oblong head, [6-12 mm] long. Seeds 1-5, oblong, blunt, compressed, about [3-9 mm] long" (3).

Range

New Zealand: forests of the N part of the North Island, and most frequent between Hokianga and Manukau harbor (3).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

See also Paleobotany of Australia and New Zealand conifers.

Citations

(1) Silba 1986.
(2) Quinn 1982.
(3) Dallimore & Jackson 1967.

See also:
Hooker. (1877) Ic. Pl., t. 1219.
Kirk. For. Flora of N. Z., 191, t. 97.


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