Libocedrus bidwillii, or Phyllocladus alpinus present on the island. From Wordnik.com. [Rakiura Island temperate forests] Reference
The dominant species are Pinus quadrifolia, P. jeffreyi, P. contorta, P. lambertiana, Abies concolor, and Libocedrus decurren. From Wordnik.com. [Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine-oak forests] Reference
This is dominated by Podocarpus hallii, P. dacrydioides, Weinmannia racemosa, Libocedrus bidwillii and there are numerous epiphytic ferns, orchids and fungi. From Wordnik.com. [Tongariro National Park, New Zealand] Reference
Upper montane forest consists of conifers (Podocarpus, Dacrycarpus, Dacridium, Papuacedrus, Araucaria, and Libocedrus) and Myrtacae, with a thin canopy and prominent understory. From Wordnik.com. [Central Range sub-alpine grasslands] Reference
Possums have caused the widespread death of kamahi and rata in lowland forests and the death of kaikawaka (Libocedrus bidwillii) and Hall's totara (Podocarpus hallii) in the southern ranges. From Wordnik.com. [Northland temperate forests] Reference
The species-poor, high mountain forest includes conifers (Podocarpus, Dacrycarpus, Dacridium, Papuacedrus, Araucaria, and Libocedrus) and Myrtacae, with a thin canopy and prominent understory. From Wordnik.com. [Central Range montane rain forests] Reference
Kamahi (Weinmannia racemosa) and rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) grow at lower altitudes with rimu giving way to Hall's totara (Podocarpus hallii) and kaikawaka (Libocedrus bidwillii) below a shrub layer dominated by leatherwood (Olearia colensoi). From Wordnik.com. [Northland temperate forests] Reference
This plant was first described in 1938 based on one fossil vegetative branch whose characteristics were said to most closely match those of a living South American dry, cold-climate conifer found in the study area: Austrocedrus (Libocedrus) chilensis, the Cordilleran Cypress. From Wordnik.com. [R&D Mag - News] Reference
Libocedrus decurrens, 18. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Montane rain forest species include Araucaria, Agathis, Podocarpus, Dacrydium, Libocedrus, Acmopyle, Metrosideros, Weinmannia, Quintinia, and Nothofagus. From Wordnik.com. [New Caledonia rain forests] Reference
In the November issue of the American Journal of Botany http://www. amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/96/11/2031), Peter Wilf (of Pennsylvania State University) and his U.S. and Argentine colleagues published their recent discovery of abundant fossilized specimens of a conifer previously known as "Libocedrus" prechilensis found in Argentinean Patagonia. From Wordnik.com. [R&D Mag - News] Reference
Among species which are conspicuous in the grounds are fine, well-grown examples of Araucaria imbricata, some 30 feet high; Cedrus deodara, 60 feet in height; Abies pinsapo, 40 feet; and fine specimens of Abies grandis, A. nobilis, and A. nordmanniana, etc., together with Abies albertiana or mertensiana, a fine, free-growing species; also Libocedrus gigantea, Thuiopsis borealis. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884.] Reference
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