Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Berberis ? koreana Palibin
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne Land District, Eastwoodhill Arboretum, K10, at bottom of Orchard Hill
Field Collection Date
13 Jun 1995
Field Collection Notes
Many-stemmed deciduous shrubs, tall cane-like stems weeping at ends. Bark rough and ridged. Leaves roundly elliptic, margins serrulate. 2 or 4 leaves to each axil. Leaves turning orange-red in autumn. Racemes of translucent orange-red berries hanging from leaf clusters. Three large black seeds in berry. Spike, 1-2cm long in leaf axil. Bush 7-8m tall.
Sheltered, sunny valley. Partially shaded by tall Ash. [Same plant as EWH334B]
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 334A, received Sept 2018
DUPLICATE TO: NZFRI
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.56042, 177.71808 (± 100 m)
177.71808, 177.71808 (± 100 m)
Qualifier
sp. ?
Last Update
27 Aug 2021
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