Table 1.
Species | Family | Life form | Native habitat |
Ginkgo biloba (maidenhair tree) | Ginkgoaceae | Deciduous tree | Uncertain, widely planted in urban environments, but probably sub‐tropical forests of southern China* |
Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood) | Taxodiaceae | Deciduous conifer | Mesothermal forested regions of S.E. China† |
Sequoia sempervirens (coastal redwood) | Taxodiaceae | Evergreen conifer | Low hills, near coastal regions of California‡ |
Taxodium distichum (swamp cypress) | Taxodiaceae | Deciduous conifer | Tidal creeks, flood plains, southern USA |
Araucaria araucana (monkey‐puzzle) | Araucariaceae | Evergreen conifer | Forests in the southern Andes, Chile§ |
Nothofagus cunninghamii (southern beech) | Nothofagaceae | Evergreen tree | Cool/temperate forests, Australia/Tasmania¶ |
* Tredici et al. (1992).
† Chaney (1948); Chu and Cooper (1950).
‡ Waring and Franklin (1979).
§ De Laubenfels (1988).
¶ Read (1999).