Canterbury, Port Hills, Skellerup Park (by Summit Road)
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.6022 172.645
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Port Hills, Skellerup Park (by Summit Road).
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 106/90
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
13 Jul 1990
Start date:
1990-07-13
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Conifer plantation; cultivated.
Notes:
Tree c. 12-13m high, rather narrowly pyramidal. Bark smooth, deep pink below surface [collected]. Leaves subpectinate below, +/- curved upwards and inwards above, glaucous, obscuring shoot and purple, scarcely resinous bud. Cones mostly shattered by this time but 2 semi-intact ones were 13-15 cm long, broadly cylindric and scarcely tapering. Bract scales exserted by 1.3- 1.7 cm, strongly reflexed and pale brown.