TE MATUKU SCENIC RESERVE
- Posted 1 October 2015 -
Left: Female flower | Right: Male flower
Clematis paniculata - Puawhananga ('flower of the skies')
All NZ clematis species are dioecious
Rhopalostylis sapida
Flowering Nikau of robust proportions at the outlet of Taraire grove catchment
Left: Metrosideros fulgens - Scarlet rata, akatawhiwhi
Right: Metrosideros perforata - White rata, akatea
Left: M.fulgens (large leaf) & M.perforata (small leaf) - both abundent in Greywacke gully
Right: Pepetuna/Puriri moth tunnel - recently evacuated
Left: B-line bracken field is within an archaeological zone - perhaps there is a correlation?
Right: Upper Te Matuku ecotones - visible channel leads up to Puke Range catchment
Dicksonia squarrosa growing in abundance near Wetland 2 & foot of Exit ridge
The hairy brown stipes differentiate Wheki from the Cyathea spp. in the Reserve
Left: Pyrrosia eleagnifolia - Leather-leaf fern in the Reserve is more often epiphytic then ground-dwelling
Right: Histipoteris incisa - A-line passes through a Mata (water fern) colony
Left: Alectryon excelsus - the only Titoki found in the Reserve so far
Right: Alseuosmia sp. - highly fragrant Toropapa
Left: Geniostoma rupestre - fallen Hangehange petals
Right: Beilschmiedia tarairi - Taraire seedlings
Left: Microsorum scandens - Mokimoki, a sub-canopy climbing fern
Right: Freycinetia banksii - Kiekie grows sparsely in the Reserve
Pterostylis sp. - Greenhood orchid growing on a dry slope
Left: Austrostipa stipoides - Gap in needle grass on shell bank likely caused by an extreme tide
Right: Collospermum hirsatum - Kahakaha (perching lilies), a nest epiphyte in Pohutukawa
