Story: Shrubs and small trees of the forest

Tree fuchsia bark

Tree fuchsia bark

One of the most distinctive features of tree fuchsia is its cinnamon–orange bark, which peels away from its gnarled trunks in long strips.

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Photograph by Chris Rudge

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Joanna Orwin, 'Shrubs and small trees of the forest - Broadleaf colonisers', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/13808/tree-fuchsia-bark (accessed 20 March 2024)

Story by Joanna Orwin, published 24 Sep 2007, updated 1 Jul 2015