CHR 653078 – Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 653078
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
10 November 2021
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Vernacular name:
Pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Urquharts Bay - 2 old gowth trees on sea edge overhanging the bay. Abundant seed. Peach Cove _ 6-4 old growth on sea edge, 2 not old growth sparse seed on coastal fringe: 1 tree 5m, 1 tree 3m. Ocean Beach - 1 old growth on back dune - sparse seed.
Pohutukawa seed on Bream Head in general is very sparse. The trees of Urquharts Bay had a lot of seed.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Bream Head Scenic Reserve
Verbatim locality:
Bream Head Scenic Reserve, Bream Head, Northland. 3 locations within the reserve - Urquharts Bay, Peach Cove, Ocean Beach.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Holland 9050WHGWRH2105-7, L. Judd
Standardised collector:
W. R. Holland; L. Judd
Verbatim date:
16 May 2017
Start date:
2017-05-16
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Ecological Region:
Eastern Northland
Ecological District:
Eastern Northland & Is
Native lands:
Ngāpuhi
Ngātiwai
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
35.85372999 S 174.56287 E (WGS84 -35.85373 174.56287)
Topo 50 Map Grid: AX31 411 311 (WGS84 -35.854151 174.562626)
Topo 50 Map Grid: AX31 411 311 (WGS84 -35.854151 174.562626)
Habitat:
Associated species: Houpara, puriri, wharangi, Coprosma sp.
Land Use: Scenic Reserve. Landform: Steep, bluffed hill country - head of peninsula.
Observed species:
Coprosma sp.
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
New Zealand Indigenous Flora Seed Bank
NZIFSB accession NZ380
Herbarium history:
Dame Ella Campbell Herbarium (MPN)
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
MPN 51078
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