Dacrydium cupressinum
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Dacrydium cupressinum, commonly known as rimu, is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae, native to New Zealand. The tree usually reaches 35 metres in height, but may reach up to 60 metres a
Dacrydium cupressinum
Its leaves vary in colour, but are typically greenish-yellow. They are typically arranged in an overlapping pattern (imbricated).
A mature specimen growing above the canopy in a forest in the West Coast Region of the South Island
Its bark is dark-brown in colour, shedding in large, thick flakes, while the wood is a dark-red colour.
Metrosideros robusta
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Metrosideros robusta, commonly known as the northern rātā, is a forest tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to 25 metres or taller, and usually begins its life as a hemiepiphyte high in the branch
Dacrydium cupressinum
…method by producing new shoots. Dacrydium cupressinum serves as a host for numerous vascular epiphytes, which are plants that grow on other plants. Metrosideros robusta is perhaps one of the most prominent epiphyte species in the North Island and the northern South Island, in which it takes root in the tree, extending…
Kaitoke Tree
The leaves of northern rātā have a distinct notch at the tip.
Rātā flowers at Mt Maungatautari