DSC_3328 Chatham Island bog aster, or makora (Macrolearia semidentata) mauve-purple flowers. Endemic to the Chathams, this small erect tree with narrow leathery leaves, is usually associated with bamboo rush in peat dome and wetland, and rapidly colonises burnt moorland 'clears' and bog sites. Ocean Mail Reserve, Te Whanga Lagoon, Main Chatham Island *
DSC_3329 Chatham Island bog aster, or makora (Macrolearia semidentata) distant view of flowering shrubs scattered amongst banboo rush. This small erect tree with narrow leathery leaves, is usually associated with peat domes and wetlands, and rapidly colonises burnt moorland 'clears' and bog sites. Ocean Mail Reserve, Te Whanga Lagoon, Main Chatham Island *
DSC_7267 Subantarctic tree daisy (Macrolearia lyalli) small, purple flowers, arranged in a spike. Snares Island forest comprises two species of tree daisy with Macrolearia lyallii being the dominant species on the islands. This tree daisy has a very southern distribution from the Snares south to the Auckland Islands, and north to the Solander Islands in Foveaux Straight. Hoho Bay, Snares Islands *
