Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_araucaria_montana
Mountain Araucaria
Araucaria montana
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About Mountain Araucaria
Mountain Araucaria (Araucaria montana) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts Araucaria montana as a New Caledonian tree of the wet tropical biome. It usually grows from about 500 to 1,400 m in open maquis vegetation on nickel-rich ultramafic soils, though at some lower elevations it also occurs as an emergent in humid dense forest. It can form extensive open stands and regenerates after small disturbances such as fire or blowdown. The Kauaʻi evidence is limited to a cultivated 2018 institutional living-collection record and does not establish naturalization.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Araucaria montana
- Common names
- Mountain Araucaria
- Other names
- Araucaria montana · Mountain Araucaria · Eutassa montana
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-06
- Evidence limits
- Current extent is unassessed; public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Woody conifer tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Mountain Araucaria (Araucaria montana) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts Araucaria montana as a New Caledonian tree of the wet tropical biome. It usually grows from about 500 to 1,400 m in open maquis vegetation on nickel-rich ultramafic soils, though at some lower elevations it also occurs as an emergent in humid dense forest. It can form extensive open stands and regenerates after small disturbances such as fire or blowdown. The Kauaʻi evidence is limited to a cultivated 2018 institutional living-collection record and does not establish naturalization.
Sources and further reading
- https://ntbg.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2018_NTBG_Living_Collections_Catalog.pdf
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261702-1
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261702-1/general-information
- https://threatenedconifers.rbge.org.uk/conifers/araucaria-montana
- https://www.conifers.org/ar/Araucaria_montana.php