Saxicolous on basalt cliff tops. Locally common, on the mlost exposed basalt outcrops, in sites subjected to salt spray and salt blast.
Flowering heavily; planted trees + seedlings
Another of the local tree lucernes has died. I get the impression that these just don't live long.
Host for Ileostylus micranthus. Large trees carry many mistletoe plants.
Growing wild along riverside
Used in the biomass belt for manufacturing fertilisers on site.
Pennantia baylisiana x P. corymbosa (known also as P. 'Otari Debut').
One of the more bizarre plantings on the island. A single tree growing in old orchard. Obviously a recent planting on the island as this hybrid (which first appeared spontaneously near the parent species at Otari Native Plant Gardens, Wilton, Otari) has only been known about since the late 1980s.
Voucher: P.J. de Lange 13943, AK, WELT
Found close to a creek amongst other herbaceous plants and low growing shrubs.
Mangahuia campsite; apologies for the poor macros