Alseuosmia
Encyclopedia
Alseuosmia is a plant genus
in the family Alseuosmiaceae
. Species members are characteristically small evergreen shrubs. An example occurrence of species representative Alseuosmia macrophylla
is in the New Zealand
North Island
habitat
of the Hamilton Ecological District
, where Blechnum discolor
and Blechnum filiforme
are understory elements with Nothofagus truncata
and rimu
overstory.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the family Alseuosmiaceae
Alseuosmiaceae
Alseuosmiaceae is a plant family of the order Asterales, found in Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand.They are shrubs with simple, alternate leaves, spiral or whorled, with entire or dentate margins. The solitary flowers are terminal or axillary, or aggregated in fascicles and rarely in...
. Species members are characteristically small evergreen shrubs. An example occurrence of species representative Alseuosmia macrophylla
Alseuosmia macrophylla
Alseuosmia macrophylla is a plant species in the family Alseuosmiaceae. This is a small evergreen shrub. An example occurrence of A. macrophylla is in the New Zealand North Island habitat of the Hamilton Ecological District, where Blechnum discolor and Blechnum filiforme are understory elements...
is in the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
North Island
North Island
The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
of the Hamilton Ecological District
Hamilton Ecological District
Hamilton Ecological District is part of the Waikato Ecological Region in New Zealand's North Island. It occupies the Hamilton basin and surrounding foothills, and has been heavily modified with less than two percent of its indigenous vegetation remaining. This location has been studied...
, where Blechnum discolor
Blechnum discolor
Blechnum discolor is a species of fern in the family Blechnaceae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. As noted by C. Michael Hogan, this species is found in a number of forest communities in diverse locations within New Zealand, and is sometimes a dominant understory component.Spores are...
and Blechnum filiforme
Blechnum filiforme
Blechnum filiforme or thread fern is an endemic New Zealand fern species in the hard fern family, Blechnaceae. The species authority is Ettingsh.Thread fern has a creeping and climbing habit...
are understory elements with Nothofagus truncata
Nothofagus truncata
Nothofagus truncata or Hard Beech is a species of tree endemic to New Zealand. Its common name derives from the fact that its wood has a high silica content, making it hard and difficult to saw. Hard Beech is a tree up to 30m tall occurring in lowland and lower montane forest from lat...
and rimu
Rimu
Rimu can mean the following:*Dacrydium cupressinum, also rimu, a tree endemic to New Zealand*Rimu, Southland, a locality in Southland, New Zealand*Rimu, West Coast, a locality in the West Coast region of New Zealand...
overstory.