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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Myrtles, Evening Primroses, and Allies
  6. Myrtle Family
  7. Metrosidereae
  8. Rātā and Allies

genus

Rātā and Allies

Metrosideros

Traits
Includes
3 native 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Pōhutukawa present
  • ʻŌhiʻa Lehua native
  • Climbing Rātā
  • Scarlet Rātā Vine
  • White Climbing Rātā
  • Southern Rātā
  • Northern Rātā
  • Cape Lance-leaf
  • Vunga present
  • Tepu
  • Metrosideros colensoi
  • Lehua Ahihi native
  • Lehua Papa native
  • Kermadecs Pōhutukawa
  • Lehua Mamo native
  • Waiʻaleʻale ʻŌhiʻa native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native rātā and allies All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • ʻŌhiʻa Lehua Metrosideros polymorpha caterpillars 7 food 2 flowers 1
  • Lehua Ahihi Metrosideros tremuloides caterpillars 6 flowers 1
  • Lehua Papa Metrosideros rugosa caterpillars 6 flowers 1
  • Lehua Mamo Metrosideros macropus
  • Waiʻaleʻale ʻŌhiʻa Metrosideros waialealae

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