Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Database record added:
16 February 2022
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:
Collected from Tennyson Inlet roadside, shoreline and Nydia trackside
Collection event type:
Field
Location:
Tennyson inlet, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough
Verbatim locality:
Tennyson inlet, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough
Verbatim collector:
R. Gaskell 9070MOTRG20, S. Wotherspoon
Standardised collector:
R. Gaskell; S. Wotherspoon
Verbatim date:
5 June 2017
Land District:
Marlborough Land District
Ecological Region:
Sounds-Wellington
Ecological District:
Sounds
Native lands:
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
41.10634000 S 173.77041 E (WGS84 -41.10634 173.77041)
Topo 50 Map Grid:
PB28 647 492 (WGS84 -41.105898 173.770538)
Habitat:
Associated species: Kunzea sp., Weinmannia racemosa, Blechnum novae-zealandiae, Olearia rani, Metrosideros fulgens, Leucopogon fasciculatus, Coprosma sp., Dianella sp., Pseudopanax crassifolius, Blechnum discolor, Sticherus cunninghamii, Gahnia procera, Fuscopora solandri, Fuscopora truncata.
Land use: Scenic Reserve. Landform: Hillslopes. Shoreline colluvial slope. Geology: Greywacke. Soil colour and texture: Clay. Aspect: N. Slope Steep.
Notes:
Iwi/hapu: Ngati Kuia, Ngati Rarua, Ngati Koata, Rangitane, Te Atiawa
Plant height 3-5m
Observed species:
Kunzea sp.
Weinmannia racemosa
Blechnum novae-zelandiae
Olearia rani
Metrosideros fulgens
Leucopogon fasciculatus
Coprosma sp.
Dianella sp.
Pseudopanax crassifolius
Blechnum discolor
Sticherus cunninghamii
Gahnia procera
Fuscospora solandri
Herbarium history:
New Zealand Indigenous Flora Seed Bank
NZIFSB accession
Herbarium history:
Dame Ella Campbell Herbarium (MPN)
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
MPN 50558