Hihi volunteer needed
Date posted: 18-Oct-2018
Would you like to volunteer with the Island's hihi team and learn from them how ..
2019 Calendars now available
Date posted: 05-Sep-2018
The new 2019 calendars are now available and this year's is better than ever! Th..
Winners of kokako photo competition
Date posted: 02-Sep-2018
The stunning winning photographs from those submitted to the competition as part..
Kokako Celebration
Date posted: 21-Jul-2018
(https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-great-kokako-story-celebrating-21-years-..
Kokako Photographic Competition
Date posted: 20-Jul-2018
KÅKAKO PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
Celebrating 21 years on Tiritiri Matangi
To ce..
New monitoring reports published
Date posted: 19-Jul-2018
Reports on monitoring studies carried out over the past year have now been poste..
2018 Concert coming up soon
Date posted: 15-Feb-2018
Our 2018 concert will feature an afternoon of light classics and jazz courtesy of the Auckland Ph..
Wetapunga talk coming soon
Date posted: 05-Feb-2018
For the Social on 19 March the speaker will be Ben Goodwin of Auckland Zoo, who will talk about t..
Rat caught and now takahe released from pens
Date posted: 28-Jan-2018
Thankfully DOC staff Andre de Graaf and Polly Hall and their assistants have trapped the rat whic..
Your Christmas Shopping for a Song
Date posted: 04-Dec-2017
Aka - The Grand Christmas Shopping Expedition to Tiritiri Matangi Island Shop
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Cottonwood - Tauhinu
| Botanical name: | Ozothamnus leptophyllus |
| Maori name: | Tauhinu |
| Common name: | Cottonwood |
| Height: | 5 metres |
Ozothamnus is
a genus of about 60 species of shrubs and small trees which are found in
Australia,N.Z. and New Caledonia. The majority of species are found in Australia ,with
N.Z. having two endemic species. The genus belongs in the daisy family, Asteraceae. Tauhinu
can form a large shrub up to 5m.tall with a heath-like appearance. It has small
leathery, narrow leaves and is often found in coastal dunes and scrubland. Flowering
occurs from November to February. The flowers appear at the tips of branches as
a dull white body of papery scales in tight clusters. The seeds that form are
covered in fuzz and are wind dispersed.
‘Ozothamnus’ means ‘smelly shrub’. ‘Leptophyllus’ means ‘slender leaved’.
Photography by Neil Davies © (foliage, top right; seed heads, above left) and Warren Brewer © (flowers, left and fluffy seeds, above right).