DSC_6977 Southern rata (Metrosideros umbellata) scarlet flowers and fresh red foliage on stunted trees in early January. With browsing cattle and rabbits now removed, rata is slowly beginning to colonise the upland moors again on Enderby Island, Aucklands Group *
DSC_7047 Southern rata (Metrosideros umbellata) scarlet flowers and fresh red foliage on stunted trees in early January. With browsing cattle and rabbits now removed, rata is slowly beginning to colonise the upland moors again on Enderby Island, Aucklands Group *
DSC_2535 Southern rata (Metrosideros umbellata) subantarctic forest interior showing the twisted spreading branches typical of old rata trees. Tagua Cove, Carnley Harbour. Auckland Islands *
