A5 Rimu Tree Study

Rimu trees are native to New Zealand and in which live up to 300 years old. Rimu trees are easily seen in a forest as its leaves are long and look similar to seaweed. Their trunks are extremely straight and tower up to 50m tall and with a diameter 2m. A Rimu tree can be looking into a 800 to 900 years of age in which I would be bored to live that long not doing much. The Rimu tree is used especially for furniture and building the Maori may have used the rimu tree for long straight masts on there ships.