| A selection of
images of Agathis
(Araucariaceae) and some other New
Caledonian conifer species is below. All
images are copyright Timothy Waters 2003,
and larger, higher-resolution versions,
as well as additional details about each
plant photographed, such as voucher
specimen identity and location, are
available by emailing me (see 'Tim
Waters' page for details). Feel free to
use these photographs for any
non-commercial non-published purpose:
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Agathis ovata
(Araucariaceae), the <<kaori de
montagne>>, at 200 m altitude at
the eastern end of the Plaine des Lacs,
southern New Caledonia. Note the
distinctive glaucescent farinose bloom on
the young shoots.
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Araucaria columnaris (Araucariaceae),
the <<pin colonnaire>>,
forming a stand alongside an inlet of the
sea at Oro, east coast of the Isle of
Pines, southern New Caledonia.
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Agathis montana
(Araucariaceae), (the thing in the
background) c. 1300 m up on the
summit ridge of Mont Panié, northern New
Caledonia. The thing in the foreground is
a species of Beauprea
(Proteaceae), the thing in the top right
hand corner is Retrophyllum comptonii
(Podocarpaceae).
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Agathis lanceolata,
a giant species with distinctive red bark
and prismatic microsporophylls, in
lowland rain forest at 540 m altitude,
Vallée des Kaoris, Monts Koghis,
southern New Caledonia.
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Parasitaxus usta (Podocarpaceae),
the world's only parasitic conifer. 900 m
altitude, upper valley of the
Koéalagoguamba, Monts Dzumac, southern
New Caledonia.
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Leaves of an
unidentified Malesian Agathis species,
in a glasshouse at the National
Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, Republic of
Ireland.
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An individual of Agathis
?moorei (Araucariaceae)
against the sky at c. 500 m
altitude in the Aoupinié massif at
sunset. South of Goa, northern New
Caledonia.
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One of the world's rarest,
most unusual, and most threatened plants
is this one: Dacrydium guillauminii
(Podocarpaceae), a rheophytic conifer
restricted to the Rivière des Lacs on
the Plaine des Lacs, southern New
Caledonia.
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Agathis ovata
(Araucariaceae), the <<kaori de
montagne>>, in thick mist and
driving rain at 900 m altitude, upper
valley of the Koéalagoguamba, Monts
Dzumac, southern New Caledonia.
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