Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Database record added:
29 September 2021
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Determined name:
Metrosideros perforata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) A.Rich.
Preferred name:
Metrosideros perforata (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) A.Rich.
Vernacular name:
white rata, akatorotoro, akatea
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Plants hanging down and accessible from top of sandy beach
Collection event type:
Field
Location:
Goat Bay, Abel Tasman National Park
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-40.8406 173.013
Verbatim locality:
Goat Bay, Abel Tasman National Park, Tasman
Verbatim collector:
C.S. Walls 9070740101CSW10
Standardised collector:
C. S. Walls
Verbatim date:
9 June 2017
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Ecological Region:
North-West Nelson
Ecological District:
Totaranui
Native lands:
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui
Georeferences:
Topo 50 Map Grid:
BN25 011 791 (WGS84 -40.839128 173.013047)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
40.83874000 S 173.0124900 E (WGS84 -40.83874 173.01249)
Habitat:
Granite shoreline and forest edge. Associated species: Metrosideros robusta, Weinmannia racemosa, Hedycarya arborea, Elaeocarpus dentatus, Rhopalostylis sapida, Olearia paniculata, Kunzea sp., Phormium cookianum.
Habitat modification: Some past clearing. Land use: National Park. Landform: Toeslope, hillslope, wave cut bank. Geology: Separation Point granite. Soil colour and texture: Rocky. Aspect: NE. Slope: Steep.
Notes:
Iwi/hapu: Manawhenua Ki Mohua
Plant height 2m
Observed species:
Metrosideros robusta
Weinmannia racemosa
Hedycarya arborea
Elaeocarpus dentatus
Rhopalostylis sapida
Olearia paniculata
Kunzea sp.
Phormium cookianum
Herbarium history:
New Zealand Indigenous Flora Seed Bank
NZIFSB accession
Herbarium history:
Dame Ella Campbell Herbarium (MPN)
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
MPN 50506