species: Araucaria bidwillii
common name: bunya-bunya pine
family: Araucaria
where & when encountered: Tustin, CA - 2003
The bunya-bunya pine from Australia is related to the monkey-puzzle tree, which I was introduced to first, and for a while I wrongly referred to the former as the latter. Now the distinction is very clear to me. Bunya-bunyas are quite tall (up to 150 feet) and are seen throughout California.
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