The genus has only a single known species, Wollemia nobilis, commonly known as the Wollemi Pine (though it is not a true pine) which was discovered in 1994 in a temperate rainforest wilderness area of the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales.

Wollemia nobilis is the sole species in the genus Wollemia and living plants were discovered in Australia in 1994! in a remote series of narrow, steep-sided sandstone gorges in a temperate rainforest wilderness area of the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales, roughly about 100 miles north-west of Sydney.

Wollemia nobilis, commonly called wollemi pine, is an evergreen, tree conifer in the Araucariaceae family. Notwithstanding its common name, it is not a pine nor is it a member of the pine family.

Wollemi pine, (Wollemia nobilis), rare evergreen tree, a member of the conifer family Araucariaceae and the only member of its genus. Wollemi pine was found in 1994 growing in a remote canyon in Wollemi National Park, about 200 km (120 miles) northwest of Sydney.

The extraordinary wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) dates back to the time of the dinosaurs.

Australian horticulturalists have propagated and disseminated this rare tree around the world. Today trees thrive in the best public and private gardens worldwide, an inspiring story of nature’s resilience combined with the spirit of conservation. (Limited Availability) Wollemia nobilis

Wollemia nobilis (Wollemi Pine) - A fast growing conifer that sprouts multiple trunks to 130 feet tall (in habitat) with bubbly brown bark and bearing new growth of flat sprays of oppositely ranked soft needles that are at first apple green but age to blue green much like a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) or Chinese plum yew (Cephalotaxus ...

Feb 22, 2025 · Description of the evolution, biology, distribution, ecology, and uses of the genus Wollemia and species W. nobilis (Wollemi pine).

The Wollemi pine is not a true pine, although it is a conifer and evergreen. This Australian native was discovered in 1994 in a rainforest gorge within the Wollemi National Park in the Blue Mountains, but it can be found in fossils dating back to 90 million years ago. Trees produce attractive frond-like foliage from single, unbranched stems off …

Perhaps no other tree has generated such a frenzy of hype as Wollemia nobilis, whose Lazarus-like career has brought it straight from the age of the dinosaurs to the age of celebrity.