Podocarpus nivalis
Common name:
Alpine Totara
Pronunciation:
po-do-KAR-pus ni-VAH-lis
Family:
Podocarpaceae
Genus:
Type:
Conifer
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Evergreen shrub, to 2-3 ft (0.6-0.9 m) tall and 6-10 ft (1.8-3 m) wide, broad, low, spreading, short twigs. Leaves olive green, dense, spirally arranged, stiff, leathery, linear-oblong, 5-15 mm long, 2-4 mm wide. (Plant resembles yew.)
- Sun or light shade
- Hardy to USDA Zone 7 Native to the mountains of New Zealand
- Corvallis: 3115 Ashwood.
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plant habit
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plant habit, sheared hedge
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leaves
