Queensland Kauri

About

A rainforest giant of an ancient Gondwanan conifer family, growing 30-40m (occasionally to 50m) tall with a straight trunk and distinctive flaking bark. One of three disjunct Australian/New Guinea populations occurs around Gympie, Maryborough and K'gari (Fraser Island).

How to spot it

Orange-brown to grey-brown smooth bark that sheds in large flakes. Linear-elliptic leaves up to 13cm long arranged in opposite pairs, quite different from the needle-like foliage of most conifers. Look for tall, straight emergent trunks above the rainforest canopy.

Found in

• K'gari (Fraser Island)/Great Sandy NP
• Picnic Point / Tabletop Range