The pohutukawa or New Zealand Christmas Tree
The pohutukawa Metrosideros excelsa synonym Metrosideros tomentosa is a coastal evergreen wiki Tree tree of the wiki Myrtle myrtle family that produces a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of wiki Stamen stamens The pohutukawa is one of twelve wiki Metrosideros Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand The tree grows to a height of up to twenty wiki Metre metres with a dome like spreading form Its natural range is in the coastal regions of the wiki North Island North Island of wiki New Zealand New Zealand from northern Taranaki on the west coast and as far south as Gisborne on the east coast It also grows on the shores of lakes in the Rotorua area A giant pohutukawa in w index php title Te Araroa action edit Te Araroa on the East Coast is reputed to be the largest in the country Like its Hawaiian relative the Ohi a Lehua M polymorpha the Poøhutukawa has shown itself to be efficient in the colonisation of lava fields as on Rangitoto Island a volcano in Auckland Harbour The tree is also renowned as a cliff dweller due to its ability to maintain a hold in precarious near vertical situations Some specimens have matted fibrous wiki Aerial root aerial roots
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