Monkey-puzzle - Araucaria araucana
Alt Name
Chile Pine
Description
A. araucana is a distinctive evergreen tree with branches clothed in sharply pointed, triangular dark green leaves. Mature plants may bear cones on the upper branches, male and female usually on separate trees.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Only found as planted specimens in Britain.
When to see it
All year round.
Life History
Evergreen.
UK Status
Originally native to Chile and Central America.
VC55 Status
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland as planted trees. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
Steve MathersTerrace Hills to Belvoir (Jubilee Way)29 August 2016
Saharima RoenischKnighton Park10 January 2017
Graham CalowWitherley Churchyard26 September 2015
Steve MathersBradgate Park10 October 2016typical form
Graham CalowWitherley Churchyard23 April 2015
Steve MathersBradgate Park (Newtown Linford to Bradgate House)05 September 2016bark
Steve MathersAbbey Park04 January 2017overall form
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Steve MathersBradgate Park (around Bradgate House)10 October 2016detail of base of trunk
Steve MathersBradgate Park (Newtown Linford to Hall)07 February 2017male cones, new and last year's
Alan SemperBradgate Park08 October 2015
Steve MathersJubilee Way, Belvoir24 December 2016Male cones
Steve MathersJubilee Way, Belvoir24 December 2016Dead shoot showing pointed leaves
Saharima RoenischBradgate Country Park04 January 2017
Alan SemperStathern, Terrace Hills02 April 2015
Steve MathersAbbey Park04 January 2017leaves
