With the approaching Christmas season, I am beginning to see decorated Norfolk Island Pines everywhere. The Norfolk Island Pine, Araucaria heterophylila, while not a true pine, really is a tree and it ...

If you're curious, there is indeed a Norfolk Island. It's not make-believe. Just look at a map of the South Pacific between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. It’s an Australian territory, and ...

Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla) is not an actual pine tree, despite the name. Rather, these plants are a relative of the monkey puzzle tree. It is often cultivated as a landscape tree in ...

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