please give reference to where you found info as well so i can give a bibliography =]
Where abouts is radiata pine found in Australia? a picture would be good to =]?
NSW
"The species was introduced to Australia in the early 1850s, possibly via gold miners coming from the Californian gold rushes to the Australian goldfields. The tree was grown in the Sydney Botanic Gardens as early as 1857.
The first 'commercial' radiata pine plantation in NSW was planted at Tuncurry on the mid-north coast in 1914. Although this site proved unsuitable, planting expanded on more suitable sites throughout the State after the establishment of the Forestry Commission in 1916.
Annual plantings accelerated in the mid-1960s with the assistance of the Commonwealth-financed, 'Softwoods Forestry Agreement loans'. During the 11 years that these agreements were in operation, the Forestry Commission of NSW planted a total area of 76,000 ha. Plantings on new ground (first rotation) continues today at the rate of around 4,000 ha per year and 2,000 ha per year of second rotation crops (second crops on the same ground as the first)."
For pictures you can just go to google images and type in "radiata pine" or "radiata pine australia"
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