Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_araucaria_cunninghamii
Hoop pine
Araucaria cunninghamii
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About Hoop pine
Hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence. The 1918–1959 Kauaʻi reforestation working register records 6,563 plants under Araucaria cunninghamii across 4 entries dated 1934–1936. These are recorded planting quantities, not counts of surviving trees, and they do not by themselves establish current persistence, naturalization, or ecological impact. Source: Kauaʻi Reforestation Plantings 1918–1959 working register (user-supplied; reconciled 6 October 2026).
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Araucaria cunninghamii
- Common names
- Hoop pine · Moreton Bay pine
- Other names
- Araucaria cunninghamii · hoop pine · Moreton Bay pine · Eutassa cunninghamii
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Reviewed historical planting and cultivation records do not establish present survival, current extent, or naturalization on Kauaʻi. Public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Woody conifer tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Hoop pine (Araucaria cunninghamii) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through historical forestry planting records. The reviewed records do not establish present survival.
Sources and further reading
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60455476-2
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60455476-2/general-information
- https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/forestry/files/2013/02/Lihue-Koloa_Sept2010_FINAL.pdf
- https://research.fs.usda.gov/download/treesearch/47617.pdf
- https://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/publications/pdf/tr75.pdf