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Fuchsia
Fuchsia

Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants, mostly shrubs and can grow long shoots, which were identified by Charles Plumier in the late-17th century, and named by Charles Plumier in 1703 after the Germany botanist Leonhart Fuchs ....
 excorticata, the New Zealand Fuchsia also known as Kotukutuku, is a New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 native tree belonging to the family Onagraceae
Onagraceae

The Onagraceae, also known as the Willowherb family or Evening Primrose family, is a family of flowering plants. The family includes about 640-650 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees in 20-24 genus....
. It is found commonly throughout New Zealand and as far south as the Auckland Islands
Auckland Islands

The Auckland Islands form an archipelago of the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands and include the following: Auckland Island, Adams Island, New Zealand, Enderby Island, New Zealand, Disappointment Island, Ewing Island, New Zealand, Dundas Island and Green Island, with a combined area of 625 km2....
. It grows from sea level up to about 1,000 m, particularly alongside creeks and rivers. Kotukutuku are easily recognised in their native environment by the characteristic appearance of their bark, which peels spontaneously, hanging in red papery strips to show a pale bark underneath.

Kotukutuku it is the largest member of the fuchsia genus, growing to a height of 15 m.






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Fuchsia
Fuchsia

Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants, mostly shrubs and can grow long shoots, which were identified by Charles Plumier in the late-17th century, and named by Charles Plumier in 1703 after the Germany botanist Leonhart Fuchs ....
 excorticata, the New Zealand Fuchsia also known as Kotukutuku, is a New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 native tree belonging to the family Onagraceae
Onagraceae

The Onagraceae, also known as the Willowherb family or Evening Primrose family, is a family of flowering plants. The family includes about 640-650 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees in 20-24 genus....
. It is found commonly throughout New Zealand and as far south as the Auckland Islands
Auckland Islands

The Auckland Islands form an archipelago of the New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands and include the following: Auckland Island, Adams Island, New Zealand, Enderby Island, New Zealand, Disappointment Island, Ewing Island, New Zealand, Dundas Island and Green Island, with a combined area of 625 km2....
. It grows from sea level up to about 1,000 m, particularly alongside creeks and rivers. Kotukutuku are easily recognised in their native environment by the characteristic appearance of their bark, which peels spontaneously, hanging in red papery strips to show a pale bark underneath.

Kotukutuku it is the largest member of the fuchsia genus, growing to a height of 15 m. The introduction of Common Brushtail Possum
Common Brushtail Possum

The Common Brushtail Possum is the largest possum, and the Australian marsupial most often seen by city-dwellers, since it is one of the very few that thrives in cities as well as a wide range of natural and human-modified environments....
 to New Zealand has precipitated a serious decline in this species where large concentrations of this invasive species
Invasive species

Invasive species is a phrase with several definitions. The first definition expresses the phrase in terms of non-indigenous species that adversely affect the habitats they invade economically, environmentally or ecologically....
 are present. Kotukutuku appears to be one of the possum's preferred food sources and they will browse individual trees to the point of defoliation and the trees will die.

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