Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Sorbus
Classification
Family
Genus
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne Land District, Eastwoodhill Arboretum, O3, Above Glen Douglas Walk, below Oak Crescent next to Q. michauxii
Field Collection Date
17 Mar 1999
Field Collection Notes
Small sparsely branched 2 trunked tree. Not thriving. Ht ca 4m. Leaves on ends of branches, top 1/2 of tree. Old wood dull grey, split; younger wood grey-brown, glossy. Lvs alt, 11-13 pinnate midgreen dull upper, paler grey underside. Petioles bright red at base. Buds deep purple-red. Fruit small, deep crimson-pink when mature. Dull. Growing in clusters at ends of branchlets.
Open sunny situation on Sth facing gently sloping hillside sheltered by surrounding large.
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 954, received Sept 2018
Specimen over two sheets, A&B
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.56122, 177.71386 (± 20 m)
177.71386, 177.71386 (± 20 m)
Last Update
08 May 2019
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