MAKE A MEME View Large Image MetrosiderosrobustaKing.jpg Branch of the Northern Rātā Metrosideros robusta with flowers and leaves A stick insect is crawling up the main stalk The accompanying text reads This is the monarch of the New Zealand forest generally as large ...
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Keywords: MetrosiderosrobustaKing.jpg Branch of the Northern Rātā Metrosideros robusta with flowers and leaves A stick insect is crawling up the main stalk The accompanying text reads This is the monarch of the New Zealand forest generally as large as the largest English oaks It is originally a parasite winding several coils round other trees until it has killed them and taken their place The dead tree gradually rots thus leaving the trunk of the rata hollow In the end of the summer each twig is covered with this flower so that the whole forest bears a crimson tinge This tree resembles the oak in its gnarled limbs and is therefore much sought after by ship-builders for the knees and timbers of their vessels Alexander Turnbull Library URL http //digital natlib govt nz/get/3752 profile access Reference No PUBL-0011-14-2 King Martha 1803 -1897 Out of Copyright worldwide PD-old Metrosideros robusta PD Old files uploaded by User Kahuroa
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