Where found:

• Montane to subalpine forest on Mt Taranaki/Egmont
  
• Between 250 and 1200 metres above sea level
  
• Distinctive scattered emergent wind-shorn kaikawaka occur in places in the lower parts of the scrub and shrubland belt, especially on the Pouakai range
  

• Tree with cone shaped head and spreading branches, no branches close to the ground
  
• The scaly foliage is triangular with compressed leaves about 2 mm long which grow in rows
  
• Cones grow at the tips of the foliage with separate female and male cones occurring on the same tree
  
• Thin parchment like bark which falls in long narrow strips
• Heavily browsed by possums