Choose your tree, or plant, or fern (Flora) that grows at Paparore School.
Find and record the meaning for the words Flora and Fauna.
Flora is relates to plants and Fauna is relates to animals
Where did your flora originate from?
Australia
What is your pohutukawa used for?
Puhutukawa’s hard strong timber is used for ship building, and as medicine by Maori.
Does your plant grow anywhere else in NZ?
It can be only found North Island near the warm
Does your plant grow anywhere else in the world?
It grows in Australia.
Describe your plants features - thinly leaf, light bark, flower’s - ½ paragraphs
My tree is a pohutukawa. The Pohutukawa grows to 20m high with up to a 35m wide crown. The massive spreading crown; wider than tall, molds to coastal wind and slope and spreads weight over unstable ground. The canopy shelters root systems on bare rock. Seedlings grow faster than older trees, probably like any tree.
The bright red flowers bloom when its christmas
What is the botanical name of your plant
Metrosideros excelsa
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