NZ Trees

Question 1

12m

50cm -1m grasslike leaves growing in tufts

White, sweetly scented flowers in late spring

Spongy Corklike trunk

Common in swamps and flood plains

Found all throughout NZ

Answer 1

Ti Kouka

Cabbage Tree

Cordyline australis

Question 2

12m

50cm -1m grasslike leaves growing in tufts

White, sweetly scented flowers in late spring

Spongy Corklike trunk

Common in swamps and flood plains

Found all throughout NZ

Answer 2

Ti Kouka

Cabbage Tree

Cordyline australis

Question 3

12m

Loose papery Bark

Purple fruit that turn green once fertilised

Simple alternate leaves with white underside 1.5-3cm

Answer 3

Kotukutuku

Tree Fuschsia

Fuchsia excorticata

Question 4

12m

Loose papery Bark

Purple fruit that turn green once fertilised

Simple alternate leaves with white underside 1.5-3cm

Answer 4

Kotukutuku

Tree Fuschsia

Fuchsia excorticata

Question 5

12m

Loose papery Bark

Purple fruit that turn green once fertilised

Simple alternate leaves with white underside 1.5-3cm

Answer 5

Kotukutuku

Tree Fuschsia

Fuchsia excorticata

Question 6

12m

Loose papery Bark

Purple fruit that turn green once fertilised

Simple alternate leaves with white underside 1.5-3cm

Answer 6

Kotukutuku

Tree Fuschsia

Fuchsia excorticata

Question 7

12m

Loose papery Bark

Purple fruit that turn green once fertilised

Simple alternate leaves with white underside 1.5-3cm

Answer 7

Kotukutuku

Tree Fuschsia

Fuchsia excorticata

Question 8

24m+

leaves:6-8cm long, pale underneath

Trunk: Dark, smooth, older trees have buttresses at base.

Willow-like leaves

Answer 8

Tawa

Beiliscmiedia Tawa

Question 9

15m

Leaves: 6-10cm long, small bumps on the top surface, small teeth, curled edges

Drooping bell-shaped white fragrant flowers flowers in late spring

Trunk:Grey

Answer 9

Hinau

Elaeocarpus dentatus

Question 10

25m

Leaves: Opposite, green underneath

Flowers: red spiky balls in summer

Can grow high in the forks of trees

Answer 10

Northern Rata

Metrosideros robusta

Question 11

Differences between Northern Rata and Pohutukawa

Answer 11

Leaves: NR- green underneath, P - white underneath

Trunk: NR - straighter, P - gnarled and spreading

Location: NR: <900m above sea, all of NI top of SI, P - mainly coastal, top to mid of NI

Question 12

25m

leaves: arranged in 2 rows, pale green underneath, over 1.5 cm long with a strong smell when crushed.

Fruit: 2cm, pinkish-purple all through the year

Trunk: hammer marked on mature trees

Answer 12

Miro

Brown Pine

Prumnopitys ferruginea

Question 13

Differences between Miro, Matai, Totara.

Answer 13

Leaves arrangement:

Miro: 2 rows

Matai: 2 rows

Totara: prickly and spiraled

Leaf colour:

Miro: pale green underneath

Matai: bluish white underneath

Leaf smell:

Miro: strong smell when crushed

Matai: strong smell when crushed

Fruit:

Miro: pinkish-purple throughout the year

Matai: blue-black and round

Totara: green seed on red base in autumn