Cook Pine 柱狀南洋杉

Araucaria columnaris

Araucariaceae

Interesting Fact #1: Leaning Tree

Cook Pines lean in the opposite direction of the hemisphere, but the mechanism of the directional lean is unknown.

Video Clips of Cook Pine

Tree Label Design Showcase

References

Greening, Lanscape & Tree Management Section Development Dureau (2022). Community Outreach: Cook Pine, New Caledonia Pine. https://www.greening.gov.hk/en/community-outreach/qrcode-tree-labels/index_id_41.html

Hong Kong Herbarium (2022). HK Plant Database: Araucaria columnaris. Retrieved from 29 April 2022, from https://herbarium.gov.hk/en/hk-plant-database/plant-detail/index.html?pType=species&oID=13227

Johns, J. W., Yost, J. M., Nicolle, D., Igic, B., & Ritter, M. K. (2017). Worldwide hemisphere‐dependent lean in Cook pines. Ecology, 98(9), 2482-2484.