Roll log loosely log so it expands and fills the log bottle – helps keeps condensation out.
An Iconic New Zealand tree
Parking: Good at track start
Tracks: Right past GZ
Timing: Day time
Cache: Small in camo, hanging in side the middle tree
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Metrosideros
Species:excelsa
Common name: Pohutukawa Tree or New Zealand Christmas tree
Same Family as:(can you see the similarities in flowers/fruit/ bark?) Eucalyptus,(Gum)Leptospermum Tea tree/ Kanuka, Melaluca(Bottle brush)..
Botanical Name meaning: Metrosideros: iron heart, Eexcelsa: tall
Description: Large coastal tree, long-persistent leathery green oval leaves, masses of red bristly flowers, November – January(hence NZ Christmas tree) Up to 20 m tall, canopy spread of 10-50m. Mature are typically multi-trunked from base, trunks up to 2 m diameter, branches spreading, and often arching. Branchlets numerous, twiggy.
Medicinal uses: Diahorrea / dysentery, sore throats remedy's