{"id":12435,"date":"2012-03-05T15:21:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T22:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12435"},"modified":"2012-03-05T15:21:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T22:21:45","slug":"kauri-or-dammar-tree-root-and-branch-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/kauri-or-dammar-tree-root-and-branch-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Kauri  or Dammar Tree &#8211; Root and Branch Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/makesomenoise\/408176883\/\" title=\"Kauri Trees by Make Some Noise, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/135\/408176883_7d301a4a2e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Kauri Trees\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Revered by the Maori people of New Zealand these ancient trees date back to dinosaurs and even now live for up to 2000 years. Not your average garden tree but a tree to know and protect from further exploitation. <\/p>\n<h2>Key Features of the  Kauri   <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Latin name<\/strong> &#8211;  Agathis australis   other common name Lord of the Forest or Dammar    <\/li>\n<li><strong>Height<\/strong>    &#8211;  165 feet          <\/li>\n<li><strong>Type of tree<\/strong> &#8211; Evergreen conifer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leaves <\/strong>  &#8211; leathery and oblong  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Flowers<\/strong> &#8211; cylindrical or spherical grey  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Fruit <\/strong>  &#8211;  cones  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Bark<\/strong>  &#8211; smooth and grey shedding thick flakes <\/li>\n<li><strong>Family<\/strong>  &#8211; \tAraucariaceae<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jjprojects\/6423846321\/\" title=\"Kauri tree at sunset by jjprojects, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7153\/6423846321_c022b33c80.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" alt=\"Kauri tree at sunset\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Origins and Distribution of the   Kauri <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Kauri Agathis australis is native to New Zealand and only found there.<\/li>\n<li>Once widely forested the kauri forest now only covers 18,000 acres.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Uses and  Attributes of the Kauri  <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically felled by settlers for timber.<\/li>\n<li>Other species of kauri give various resins and produce fine grained wood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gardeners Tips for the  Kauri  <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The New Zealand trees are up to 2000 years old and deserve maximum protection. The trees predecessors were probably around in the Jurassic period.<\/li>\n<li>It is an impressive tree reaching 160 feet high, topped by a broad canopy.<\/li>\n<li>Young trees grow in conical form and shed lower branches as it matures.<\/li>\n<li>The trunk or bole is distinctive and wide up to 18 feet in diameter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/piotrzurek\/152115078\/\" title=\"Kauri tree from up close by Piotr Zurek, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/51\/152115078_daf3cfbc37.jpg\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Kauri tree from up close\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Other types of  Kauri    and key species<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The genus Agathis is a relatively small genus of 21 species of evergreen tree.<\/li>\n<li>These trees produce gum or resin and are all native to the southern hemisphere.<\/li>\n<li>Ancient kauri or swamp kauri has been found buried in salt marshes and  radiocarbon dated to 50,000 years ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jim-sf\/4638064867\/\" title=\"Agathis australis #1 by J.G. in S.F., on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4011\/4638064867_798d586223.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Agathis australis #1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2> Kauri    comments from elsewhere<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;Maori used kauri timber for boat building, carving and building houses. The gum was used as a fire starter and for chewing (after it had been soaked in water and mixed with the milk of the puha plant).The arrival of European settlers in the 17-1800&#8217;s saw the decimation of these magnificent forests.&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.govt.nz\/conservation\/native-plants\/kauri\/\">Dept of conservation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kauri wood is sometimes preserved in waterlogged soils and excavated wood from trees long buried can be bought from ancientwood.com.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jen-zed\/457224218\/\" title=\"Kauri Tree by jen-zed, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/169\/457224218_918d884777.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Kauri Tree\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Credits<\/strong><br \/>\nKauri Trees by Make Some Noise    CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 &#8216;This is the oldest tree known here on the island. It&#8217;s estimated to be 2000 years old and this entire forest is really magical. It&#8217;s tragic that colonists came and tore these trees down only to make boats out of the trees, but at least now they are protected and hopefully more are being planted.&#8217;<br \/>\nKauri tree at sunset by jjprojects CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<br \/>\nKauri tree from up close by Piotr Zurek CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\nAgathis australis #1 by J.G. in S.F.CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 &#8216;&#8230;. Endemic to the North Island of New Zealand Kauri, Kauri Pine<br \/>\nShown: Foliage and female (seed) cones&#8230;.&#8217;<br \/>\nKauri Tree by jen-zed CC BY-NC 2.0<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revered by the Maori people of New Zealand these ancient trees date back to dinosaurs and even now live for up to 2000 years. Not your average garden tree but a tree to know and protect from further exploitation. Key Features of the Kauri Latin name &#8211; Agathis australis other common name Lord of the Forest or Dammar Height &#8211; 165 feet Type of tree &#8211; Evergreen conifer Leaves &#8211; leathery and oblong Flowers &#8211; cylindrical or spherical grey Fruit&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/kauri-or-dammar-tree-root-and-branch-review\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}