Dacrycarpus expansus De Laub.

Tree 9-25(-30) m tall, 22-58 cm diam. Leaves of primary shoots on young plants nearly imbricate but on older plants spreading and then curved forwards. Leaves of juvenile foliage shoots distichous, nearly linear, soon losing the distichous habit as the tree matures. Leaves on older trees eventually becoming wider than thick but distinctly keeled on the upper and lower surfaces, spreading but the upper half curving forwards, uniform in size along the shoot, tapering slightly, 1.5-3 by 0.4-0.8 mm or a little larger on younger trees. Involucral leaves loosely surrounding the young fertile structure but covering only the receptacle of the mature seed with its covering, which is c. 3-3.5 mm long.

Lower montane to high montane forests, often on the margins of tussock grassland with tree ferns (Cyathea species), and often in nearly pure stands. The soil is often water-logged, peaty and acidic; at elevations from 1,300-2,750 metres.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.