DSC_2213 Southern rata (Metrosideros umbellata) typical scarlet flowers and fresh red foliage on forest trees scattered through the canopy of rata forest in February, on Enderby Island, Aucklands Group *
DSC_6735 Southern rata (Metrosideros umbellata) typical scarlet flowers and fresh red foliage on forest trees scattered through the canopy of rata forest in January, on Adams Island, Aucklands Group *
DSC_6976 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 *