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Dacrydium cupressinum (New Zealand red pine; Red pine)

Synonyms: Dacrydium cupressiforme; Thalamia cupressina (homotypic)
Language: Maori

Wikipedia Abstract

Dacrydium cupressinum, commonly known as rimu, is a large evergreen coniferous tree endemic to the forests of New Zealand. It is a member of the southern conifer group, the podocarps. The former name "red pine" has fallen out of common use.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Dioecious
Janka Hardness [2]  810 lbf (367 kgf) Soft
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Specific Gravity [3]  0.589
Structure [1]  Tree
Usage [1]  The heartwood is extremely resinous and is used as a torch; Tannin is obtained from the bark; Wood - beautifully marked. Much used for construction, railway sleepers, furniture etc;
Height [1]  98 feet (30 m)
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Predators

Consumers

Shelter for 
Mystacina tuberculata (New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat)[9]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 3Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 4O'Donnell, Colin F J and Dilks, Peter J, Foods and Foraging of Forest Birds in Temperate Rainforest, South. Westland, New Zealand, NZ J Ecology 18(2) (1994) pp. 87-107
♦ 5New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 6DIET OF THE STEWART ISLAND BROWN KIWI (APTERYX AUSTRALIS LAWRYI) AT SCOLLAY'S FLAT, SOUTHERN STEWART ISLAND, R. Colbourne and R.G. Powlesland, New Zealand Journal of Ecology 11: 99-104 (1988)
♦ 7Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 8HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 9Mystacina tuberculata, Gerald G. Carter and Daniel K. Riskin, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 790, pp. 1-8 (2006)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0