Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Kunzea aff. ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Manawatu Ecological Region, Foxton Ecological District, Hokio, Hokio Beach Road
Field Collection Date
03 Aug 2000
Field Collection Notes
Common in swales within semi-consolidated sand dune - dominant component of vegetation. Multitrunked trees up to 8 m tall with broad canopy.Canopy often festooned with Muehlenbeckia complexa. Foliage markedly dimorphic, assumed juvenile obovate, dark olive green, margins with numerous silky white hairs. This foliage restricted to basal reversion shoots and shaded portions of tree. Adult foliage similar but oblanceolate to lanceolate. Branchlets copious covered in appressed, ascending white silky hairs.
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Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-40.6, 175.19944
175.19944, 175.19944
Qualifier
sp. aff.
Last Update
22 Nov 2016
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