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Araucaria biramulata
Also called Piggyback Araucaria
Araucaria biramulata, the biramule araucaria, or piggyback araucaria, is a species of conifer in the family Araucariaceae.
It is found only in New Caledonia on the main island of Grande Terre. Araucaria biramulata is a medium-large tree reaching 30 meters in height. As with several other endemic New Caledonian araucaria species, it is threatened by habitat loss with a fragmented wild population of less than 10,000 mature trees, and ongoing decline in remaining populations, with the main threats being forest fires and mining activities. Piggyback araucaria gets its common name from the unusual growth habit of mature trees, where they often develop a second growth tip halfway up the trunk, giving the appearance of a smaller tree "piggybacking" on the side of a larger one.
Paraná-pine · Monkey-puzzle · Bernier's araucaria · Bunya · Coral Reef Araucaria · Moreton Bay pine · Goro Araucaria · Araucaria grandifolia · Norfolk Island Araucaria · Humboldt's Araucaria · Klinkii pine · De Laubenfels' araucaria
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Araucaria biramulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
