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Boise Araucaria

Araucaria nemorosa

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About Boise Araucaria

Boise Araucaria (Araucaria nemorosa) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts Araucaria nemorosa as a southeastern New Caledonian tree of the wet tropical biome. It is chiefly a low-elevation coastal emergent among low dense evergreen forest or scrub on serpentine-derived soils, interspersed with black stony open areas; most documented populations occur within 2 km of the coast and below 100 m. 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 nemorosa
Common names: Boise Araucaria
Other names: Araucaria nemorosa · Boise Araucaria · Eutassa nemorosa
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: Boise Araucaria (Araucaria nemorosa) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts Araucaria nemorosa as a southeastern New Caledonian tree of the wet tropical biome. It is chiefly a low-elevation coastal emergent among low dense evergreen forest or scrub on serpentine-derived soils, interspersed with black stony open areas; most documented populations occur within 2 km of the coast and below 100 m. The Kauaʻi evidence is limited to a cultivated 2018 institutional living-collection record and does not establish naturalization.

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