Daniel  LUSCOMBE  GALLERY

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NEW ZEALAND SPECIES

1 1 Agathis australis - Young female cone New Zealand 2 2 Agathis australis - Mature female cone New Zealand 3 3 Agathis australis - Tree This is the second largest Agathis known called Te Matua Ngahere (Father of the forest); 29.9m tall, girth 16.41m height to the first branch 10.21m and estimated to be 2000 years old! New Zealand 4 4 Agathis australis - Trunk Other view of Te Matua Ngahere (Father of the forest). New Zealand 5 5 Agathis australis - Trunk Other view of Te Matua Ngahere (Father of the forest). New Zealand 6 6 Agathis australis - Trunk The largest Agathis known, called Tane Mahuta, 51m high, but doesn't have the same impressive girth. New Zealand 7 7 Agathis australis - Tree Another view of Tane Mahuta. All of the old Kauris have epiphytes growing in their crowns. New Zealand 8 8 Dacrycarpus dacrydioides - Females cones New Zealand

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