Dacrycarpus dacrydioides Kahikatea

Drainage: Damp Very Dry Well Drained Wet Growth: Slow Height Range: 65 Site Conditions: Coastal Exposed Frost Tolerant Heavy Soil Loamy Soil Salty Sandy Soil Windy Sunlight: Full Sun Category: Trees Tags: Bird Attractor, coastal, evergreen, riparian, Slow Grower, Wetland

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Dacrycarpus dacrydioides is our tallest coniferous native tree. It is endemic and found throughout the country in lowland forest. Formerly dominant on frequently flooded, and/or poorly drained alluvial soils. Occasionally extends into lower montane forest. Not Threatened, although as a forest-type it has been greatly reduced through widespread logging. Very few intact examples of Kahikatea-dominated forest remain in Canterbury. The best examples of Kahikatea-dominated forest remain on the West Coast of the South Island.

Adult trees have dull green overlapping scale leaves while juvenile trees have needle-like leaves often with a bronze hue. Dacrycar...