Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland Region, Inner Hauraki Gulf Islands, Rakino Island, Sandy Bay, below South Pacific Road
Field Collection Date
13 Feb 2021
Field Collection Notes
About 10 wild seedlings, c.15-50cm tall, within 1 squ m.; under a moderate-sized planted pohutukawa tree (amongst pohutukawa leaf litter) surrounded by rank kikuyu grass; c.30m below a line of 7 tall Norfolk pines on the west side of the road above. The most southern of this line of planted trees (8th tree) appears to be a Cook pine and the rest (7) Norfolk pines.
Collected as part of a Botanical Survey of Rakino Island
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-36.72458, 174.95125 (± 10 m)
174.95125, 174.95125 (± 10 m)
Last Update
07 Jun 2021
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