“Norfolk Island Pine”
Day 41 of 366 Day Project
“Magic is everywhere, explore & be amazed everyday!”
So did you know before reading the heading what the photo was?
At first glance one might think it is a woven rope or perhaps macramé, decorative knotted string. I walk past and over these everyday and hadn’t noticed them before, until today that is.
It’s a dried Norfolk Island pine leaf that I found on the footpath at Point Cartwright. How fascinating is the pattern on the leaf?
The Norfolk Island pine is endemic to Norfolk Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, about 1440km east of Sydney, Australia.
The trees grow to a height of 50–65 m, with straight vertical trunks and symmetrical branches, even in the face of incessant onshore winds that can contort most other species.
As well as their eponymously native Norfolk Island, these conifers are planted abundantly as ornamental trees throughout coastal areas of Australia,
It grows well in deep sand, as long as it receives reliable water when young. This, and its tolerance of salt and wind, makes it ideal for coastal situations.
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