New Zealand Plants

DSC_4838 Small white climbing rata or akatorotoro (Metrosideros perforata) showing the distinctive reddish-brown bark of the mature woody, long-climbing vine which may grow to a height of over 20m, and 20 cm or more in diameter. Seen here climbing a rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) trunk. Ruapehu National Park *

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DSC_4838 Small white climbing rata or akatorotoro (Metrosideros perforata) showing the distinctive reddish-brown bark of the mature woody, long-climbing vine which may grow to a height of over 20m, and 20 cm or more in diameter. Seen here climbing a rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) trunk. Ruapehu National Park *

DSC 4838 Small white climbing rata akatorotoro Metrosideros perforata reddishbrown bark mature vine rimu Dacrydium cupressinum Ruapehu National Park