Araucaria columnaris
It was first classified by Johann Reinhold Forster, a botanist on the second voyage of Captain James Cook to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible.Araucaria columnaris is a distinctive narrowly conical tree growing up to 60 m (200 ft) tall in its native habit.The bark of the Cook pine peels off in thin paper-like sheets or strips and is rough, grey, and resinous.The smaller, more numerous male pollen cones are at the tips of the branchlets and are scaly, foxtail-shaped, and 5 cm (2 inches) long.[3] Many of the "Norfolk Island pines" that grow in Hawaii, including their descendants used as potted ornamentals on the U.S. mainland, are actually A. columnaris, the two species having been confused when introduced.