Araucaria angustifolia

Common name: Pino paraná, Araucaria brasiliensis, columba angustifolia
Height: 40m
Growing: fast
Foliage: evergreen
Flowers / Fruits: fruits
Site: sun
Soil: acidic to slightly alkaline, well-drained soil.
Irrigation: regular
Hardiness: semi hardy -5ºC

Long description: evergreen conifer with thick, tough and scale like leaves. The leaves are broad at the base, with razor-sharp edges. Leaves of Araucana are more narrow than those of  angustifolia. Angustifolia bears cones with long nut-like seeds as Araucaria araucana.

Young trees have a pyramid-shaped crown, resembling a closed umbrella. This sight will change during the ages. In adult trees, the lower branches will abscise, changing the looks of the tree into an open umbrella, with the tip of the branches pointing upwards.