Trees in habitat near the summit of Mt. Panie; the epiphyte is Freycinetia sp. [Adam Black, 2014.12.15, Facebook post].
Agathis montana and palms, in habitat on Mt. Panie [Adam Black, 2014.12.18, Facebook post].
Foliage on a plant at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Garden, Hobart [C.J. Earle, 2015.02.25].
Foliage on a plant at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Garden, Hobart [C.J. Earle, 2015.02.25].
Herbarium collections of this species (de Laubenfels 1972).
Agathis montana
Tree: Height 15-20 m with a large, flattened crown (Silba 1986).
Bark: Tan, exfoliating in fine plates or scales, with small lenticels. Inner bark red-brown (Silba 1986).
Leaves: Alternate, lanceolate to elliptic, bluntly acute, 6-8 cm × 1.5-2 cm, shortly petiolate. Juvenile leaves oval-lanceolate, attenuate at the base, 8-10 cm × 2.6-3.5 cm. Buds globular (Silba 1986).
Cones: Globular, 9 cm × 7 cm, on a thick peduncle (Silba 1986).
Cone scales: Ovoid, obtuse (Silba 1986).
Pollen cones: Cylindrical, 4-5 × 0.8-1 cm, scales imbricate and slightly denticulate (Silba 1986).
Seeds: Rounded with an obovoid wing on one side (Silba 1986).
"NE New Caledonia: Mt. Panie, 1000-1640 m" (Silba 1986). The IUCN reports that the population status is stable. The WCMC states that it is locally abundant and in an area which is relatively inaccessible and well protected.
This maps shows all native species of Agathis in New Caledonia, keyed by color; A. montana is blue. Click on an icon for further information. Distribution data from GBIF (2020.03.30), edited to remove duplicates.
No data as of 2023.02.22.
No data as of 2023.02.22.
No data as of 2023.02.22.
Laubenfels, D.J. de. 1969. Trav. Lab. Forest. Toulouse 1, 8(5):2.
Association Endemia, a site devoted to New Caledonian species. Has excellent photos, a range map, and other information. In French.
The species account at Threatened Conifers of the World.
Last Modified 2023-11-01
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