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Wollemi Pine

 

This survivor from the age of the dinosaurs is one of the greatest

living fossils discovered in the 20th century. The Wollemi pine is one

of the world's oldest and rarest tree species, belonging to a

200-million-year-old plant family thought to have been extinct for

more than two million years. Previously known only from fossil

records, it was presumed extinct until a single tree was found in the

Wollemi National Park, Australia, in 1994. Subsequent research

discovered 100 adult trees that have survived in a single canyon in

this wild and rugged area.

 

You can assist in the conservation effort and enjoy the unique

opportunity to ensure the continued survival of this rare species by

giving the tree as a gift or growing your own. Suitable for indoor

container gardening or as a landscape tree in certain areas of the U.S.

 

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In the United States, the WOLLEMITM pine tree is hardy to USDA Zone 7

 

In colder zones it may be grown outside in summer months, then brought

inside during winter and grown as a house plant.

 

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