
Norfolk Pine Cones Photograph By Lori Seaman
The Norfolk Island pine grows 100 feet or taller along parts of the California coast, and it grows up to 60 feet wide and up to 2 feet tall every year They grow twice as tall on Norfolk Island, a small island off Australia'sAraucaria excelsa Phonetic Spelling arahKAReeuh heterohFILuh Description The Araucaria genus is comprised of approximately 19 species of pinelike conifer trees indigenous to the southern hemisphere The Norfolk Island Pine, is endemic to Norfolk Island in the Pacific Ocean, east of Sydney, Australia between New Zealand and New Caledonia