Editing Lagarostrobos (section)

==Description==
[[File:Lagarostrobos franklinii (Huon Pine).jpg|left|thumb|Close-up of Huon pine foliage]]
The Huon pine is a slow-growing, but long-lived tree; some living specimens of this tree are in excess of 2,000 years old.<ref name="Parks+wildlife">{{cite web|url=http://www.stors.tas.gov.au/au-7-0095-03714|title=Plants - Huon pine : one of the oldest plants on earth|year=2003|publisher=Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania}}</ref> It grows to {{convert|10|to|20|m|ft|abbr=out}} tall, exceptionally reaching {{Convert|30|m|abbr=on}}, with arching branches and pendulous branchlets. The leaves are spirally arranged, very small and scale-like, {{Cvt|1|to|3|mm}} long, covering the shoots completely. It is [[plant sexuality|dioecious]], with male ([[pollen]]) and female ([[seed]]) [[conifer cone|cones]] on separate plants. The male cones are yellow, {{Cvt|5|to|8|mm}} long and {{Cvt|1|to|2|mm}} broad. The mature seed cones are highly modified, [[Berry (botany)|berry]]-like, with 5 to 10 lax, open scales which mature in six-to-eight months, with one seed {{Cvt|2|to|2.5|mm}} long on each scale. Unlike the closely related [[New Zealand]] genus ''[[Manoao]]'', the scales do not become fleshy and are water-dispersed, not bird-dispersed.<ref name=Molloy95/>

Based on herbarium specimens the extent of occurrence is estimated to be around {{cvt|13363|km2}} with an estimated area of occupancy of {{cvt|13363|km2}}. The actual area of occupancy is estimated to range from {{cvt|2500|ha}} (Gibson 1991) to as much as {{cvt|10500|ha}} (Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania 2006).<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />