New Zealand has a rich and diverse collection of aboriginal plant life that come only on this island group . New Zealand encompasses a reach of climates , from the northward ’s lavish , subtropical forest to the south ’s alpine regions . This has conduce to a diversity of trees , many of which are evergreen .

Kauri

The evergreen plant native New Zealand kauri ( scientific name Agathis australis ) is the third - largest conifer tree by volume in the world after the seashore and giant sequoia of California . It reaches 100 animal foot tall with a 13 - foot automobile trunk diameter . The kauri grows in the subtropical region of the North Island , where it dominates the wet forests . The canopy of the kauri can hit over 100 feet wide , with the first branches begin about 50 feet off the reason . The bark is wanton gray and regularly peels off in canvass , keeping it mostly free of mosses and other plants . Over time , large piles of bark accumulate at the al-Qa’ida of the tree several feet thick which slow decay provide food to the roots . This tree was preferred by New Zealand ’s native Maori people for building ocean - buy the farm canoes .

White Pine

The New Zealand white pine ( scientific name Dacrycarpus dacrydioides ) is the tall evergreen conifer tree aboriginal to the islands , growing to 160 feet tall or more . They are absolutely adapted to moo fabrication and swampland orbit with broad buttressed trunks for stability , but they also occur in mountainous areas up to 2000 infantry . The cone on the white pine is modified into a burnished red berry that grow on the gratuity of the branches with a single seed on the end . The yield is an important intellectual nourishment source for birds . New Zealand ’s white pine tree should not be confused with the Northern Hemisphere ’s white pines , which are extremity of genus Pinus .

New Zealand Christmas Tree

The New Zealand Christmas tree or Pohutukawa ( scientific name Metrosideros excelsa ) is a broadleaved evergreen Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree aboriginal to the coasts of New Zealand . It set out the name " Christmas tree " because of the bright ruddy prime that peak during the summertime hemisphere ’s summer , right around Christmas . The tree mature to 65 foot tall with a summit spread of 115 foot supported by multiple aerial roots that eventually grow into trunks . While it grows along the coastline all over New Zealand in jolting areas , it is native to the North Island . New Zealand Christmas Tree is very table salt - patient of and sometimes can be seen with its branch or antecedent grow into the saltwater . Often a gravid tree will follow the contour of the rocks , take in root in any tornado and crevices the antecedent can witness . Huge grove - like tree can extend to age of over 1,000 years .

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