My graduate student, Jason Johns, and I recently published a paper in Ecology characterizing a previously undescribed pattern of growth in Araucaria columnaris.

Find a PDF our paper here

A selection of related news articles:

http://loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=17-P13-00035&segmentID=5

http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-abcarian-pine-tree-20170618-story.html

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23431292-200-the-strange-cook-pine-trees-that-always-lean-towards-the-equator/

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-strange-case-of-the-pine-trees-that-always-lean-towards-the-equator

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/06/06/cook-pines-lean-point-equator/#.WUdRFxMrLMU

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/cook-pine-leans-toward-equator-1.4151704

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/these-weird-pine-trees-always-lean-towards-equator