222 Kahikatea Images and Stock Photos

Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides.) Forest, Whirinaki Forest

In this January 2020 photo, Kahikatea Trees soar above Riccarton Bush in Ōtautahi Christchurch. This public park is filled with the oldest surviving trees of the native forests of the Canterbury Plains of Aotearoa New Zealand.

A rata vine winds up the trunk of a kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides), flanked by two totara (Podocarpus totara)in Whirinaki Forest

Kahikatea tree near Fox Glacier, and the Southern Alps

Kahikatea New Zealand white pine trees growing out of Lake Brunner and reflected in the water on a still cloudy day.

The sun sets behind a line of Kahikatea Trees, near the township of Fox Glacier on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.

Dacrycarpus dacrydioides evergreen conifer. the plant is Widely distributed throughout New Zealand.

Looking to the Paparoa National Park Landscape with it's abundance of Rata flowers in bloom, in the West Coast of New Zealand.

A Podocarp tree towers into the grey overcast sky. Covered in Dracophyllum Elegantissimum, it is endemic to the top west hand corner of New Zealand's South Island. It is non threatened but is only found in the Abel Tasman National Park and the Kahurangi National Park.

Kahikatea trees on New Zealand's South Island, with the southern Alps beyond.

Morning sun shines down on Kahikatea trees in the Westland Region of New Zealand's South Island.

background of wood grain from New Zealand White Pine (Kahikatea), Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

Evening sunlight on the Lake Māhinapua wetlands and waterway near Hokitika town in the Westland National Park, New Zealand. The wetlands bordering Māhinapua lake grow Kahikatea and native New Zealand flax.

Dawn light streams through the branches of a magnificent Kahikatea tree on New Zealand's South Island, with the mighty Southern Alps beyond.

Dacrycarpus dacrydioides or kahikatea (from its name in the Māori language) is a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand.

A kahikatea tree tree on New Zealand's South Island, with the southern Alps beyond.

Dawn light falls on a magnificent Kahikatea tree on New Zealand's South Island, with the southern Alps beyond.

Evening sunlight on the Lake Māhinapua wetlands and waterway near Hokitika town in the Westland National Park, New Zealand. The wetlands bordering Māhinapua lake grow Kahikatea and native New Zealand flax.

Wetland creek leading to Lake Mahinapua, Hokitika, west coast, sought island, New Zealand.

Conifers (Pinophyta), top: 1) Platycladus orientalis (Biota orientalis); 2) Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Chamaccyparis Lawsoniana); 3) Sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera plumosa); 4) Mediterranean cypress (Cupressus fastigiata); 5) Chilean pine (Araucaria imbricata); 6) Brazilian pine (Auracaria brasiliensis); 7) Gingko biloba; 8) Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum); 9) Yew (Taxus baccata fastigiata); 10) Redwood (Sequoia gigantea); 11) Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica); 12) Stone pine (Pinus pinea); 13) Blue spruce (Picea pungens); 14) Red fir (Abies magnifica). Bottom, left: 1) Giant redwood, twig with cone and seed (a); 2) Stone pine, cone and seed (2a); 3) Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani), cone; 4) Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), twig with ripe (a) and unripe (b) cone, scale (c), needle (d); 5) Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii, or Pseudotsuga douglasi), cone and seed (a); 6) Noble fir (Abies procera, or Abies nobilis), cone; 7) Spanish fir (Abies pinsapo), cone and seed (a); 8) White spruce (Picea glauca, or Picea alba) with cone (a), female blossom (b), scale (c), needle (d). Buttom right: 1) Kahikatea (Podocarpus dacrydioides); 2) Celerytop pine (Phyllocladus aspleniifolius, or Phyllocladus glauca), female blossom branch, sterile leaf (a); 3) Sandarac tree (Tetraclinis articulata, or Callitris quadrivalvis), stamen (a), seed (b); 4) Mediterranean cypress (or Cupressus sempervirens); 5) Incense cedar (Libocedrus decurrens), opened (a) and closed (b) fruit, seed (c); 6) Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), stamen (a); 7) Agathis dammara (or Dammara orientalis), stamen (a); 8) Japanese torreya (Torreya nucifera), fruit (a - cross section); 9) Sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera); 10) Japanese sugi pine (Cryptomeria japonica), scale (a); 11) Syrian juniper (Juniperus drupacea); 12) Brazilian pine (Araucaria angustifolia, or Auracaria brasiliensis), scale (a), leaf from a fruit dwarf (b), leaf from a sterile branch; 13) Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum).

The temperate rainforest giants ancient podocarp trees of Rimu and Kamahi in silhouette against an aged lake scene.

Evening light falls across native New Zealand regenerative native bush of lush green Phormium or New Zealand Flax and Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) Podocapus forest.

A view looking through the Rimu treetops (Dacrydium cupressinum) to a distant lake in the Westland National Park of New Zealand's West Coast on the South Island.

Kahikatea trees at sunset, near Fox Glacier on New Zealand's South Island.

A white heron, Maori name kōtuku, wings outstretched, in breeding plumage at Waitangiroto Nature Reserve, south Westland, west coast, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

In this July 2021 photo, sunlight illuminates moss growing on the base of a Kahikatea tree in Riccarton Bush in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. This public park is filled with the oldest surviving trees of the native podocarp forests of the Canterbury Plains.

A fine old Kahikatea tree growing in a paddock near Fox Glacier, with Mt Tasman and the Southern Alps looming in the distance.

Looking down into lush native West Coast National Park bush at a mixture of Kiokio (Parablechnum Novae-Zelandiae) ferns, Ponga tree ferns and other native flora.

Looking down into lush native West Coast National Park bush at a mixture of Punga tree ferns, mature Rimu trees and other native flora.

The sun sets beyond a line of Kahikatea trees in a paddock near Fox Glacier, on New Zealand's South Island.

West Coast Wilderness Trail over bridge, Mahainapua Creek leading to Lake Mahinapua, Hokitika, west coast, sought island, New Zealand.

Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) is a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand. It is distinguishable by it's twisted truck. For Maori, the Kahikatea had many uses; from an important food source, to the strong wood being used for spears, to the ash being use in the ritual of Te Moko, the Maori tattoo.

Lake Mahinapua Wetland creek leading to Lake Mahinapua, Hokitika, west coast, sought island, New Zealand.

Hokitika, New Zealand - July 05 2022. The Treetop Walk in Hokitika, the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.

The Kahikatea tree is a coniferous forest plant native to New Zealand and Australia.

Crisp winter's day ends at Lake Haupiri, West Coast, with Mount Elizabeth in the background

Kahikatea trees growing in the shallows of Lake Brunner, on New Zealand's South Island.

Mahinapua Creek leading to Lake Mahinapua, Hokitika, west coast, south island, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Lake Brunner in New Zealand

A nature landscape of native temperate rain forest with Pohutakawa in bloom.

Evening sunlight on the Lake Māhinapua wetlands and waterway near Hokitika town in the Westland National Park, New Zealand. The wetlands bordering Māhinapua lake grow Kahikatea and native New Zealand flax.

Morning sun shines down on Kahikatea trees in the Westland Region of New Zealand's South Island.

In this July 2021 photo, Kahikatea trees tower over Riccarton Bush in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. Wisps of clouds float in the blue sky above. This public park is filled with the oldest surviving trees of the native podocarp forests of the Canterbury Plains.

Kahikatea trees on New Zealand's South Island, with Mt Cook and the Southern Alps beyond.

Dacrycarpus dacrydioides evergreen conifer. the plant is Widely distributed throughout New Zealand.

background of wood grain from an inner layer of bark of New Zealand white pine,

early morning mist on Lake Haupiri, a small lake near the Southern Alps, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand.

early morning mist on Lake Haupiri, a small lake near the Southern Alps, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand.

early morning mist on Lake Haupiri, a small lake near the Southern Alps, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand.