Agathis australis, or kauri, is a coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae, found north of 38°S in the northern regions of New Zealand's North Island.[3]
It is the largest (by volume) but not tallest species of tree in New Zealand, standing up to 50 m tall in the emergent layer above the forest's main canopy. The tree has smooth bark and small narrow leaves. Other common names to distinguish A. australis from other members of Agathis are southern kauri and New Zealand kauri.
With its podsolization capability and regeneration pattern it can compete with faster growing angiosperms. Because it is such a conspicuous species, forest containing kauri is generally known as kauri forest, although kauri need not be the most abundant tree. In the warmer northern climate, kauri forests have a higher species richness than those found further south. Kauri even act as a foundation species that modify the soil under their canopy to create unique plant communities.[4]
^Wyse, Sarah V.; Burns, Bruce R.; Wright, Shane D. (1 June 2014). "Distinctive vegetation communities are associated with the long-lived conifer Agathis australis (New Zealand kauri, Araucariaceae) in New Zealand rainforests". Austral Ecology. 39 (4): 388–400. doi:10.1111/aec.12089. ISSN 1442-9993.
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Podocarpaceae, have flat, triangular scale-like leaves. Some, notably Agathis in Araucariaceae and Nageia in Podocarpaceae, have broad, flat strap-shaped...
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allergies. Agathis (Araucariaceae), synonym Dammara Canarium strictum (Burseraceae), source of black dammar in South Asia Kauri gum, from Agathisaustralis Shorea...
forest ranger Kostadin Baikushev. Te Matua Ngahere 1,200–4,000 Kauri Agathisaustralis Waipoua Forest, Northland New Zealand Oldest tree in New Zealand....
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Murphy, E.C. (1994). "Ecology of Ship Rats (Rattus rattus) in a Kauri (Agathisaustralis) Forest in Northland, New Zealand" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Ecology...
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