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Pectinopitys ferruginoides is a tree conifer from the podocarp family, endemic to New Caledonia, where it grows in humid montane rainforest on ultramafic soils. It is a forest tree rarely grown in cultivation, so care advice is limited.
Pectinopitys ferruginoides is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to New Caledonia.
It is widespread on Grande Terre, New Caledonia's largest island, and is more common in the south. It grows in humid dense montane rainforest, generally on ultramafic substrates, from 700 to 1,400 metres elevation, and occasionally as low as 200 m. It often coincides with Retrophyllum comptonii.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pectinopitys ferruginoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
