10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITEYWOOD»
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whiteywood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
whiteywood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
Its morphology is similar to that of the soil at D, on Whiteywood fan, and it is
suggested that these 2 soils are of a comparable age. A buried soil at the mouth
of No. 1 Creek also has a similar morphology and it may be of a similar age.
2
A Living New Zealand Forest
The hedge-like response to defoliation gives mahoe an advantage over northern
ratas which may take three years to make good the leaves taken by possums (Fig
. 80). Fig. 80. Mahoe (whiteywood). Caged possums fed exclusively on this ...
3
A field guide to the native trees of New Zealand
Mahoe/Whiteywood Melicytus ramiflorus and large-leaved whiteywood M.
macrophyllus One of the commonest trees found throughout New Zealand in
forests and scrublands, mahoe is a small, usually spreading tree up to 10 m high
with a ...
John Tenison Salmon, 1987
VEGETATION The vegetation consists mainly of an upper canopy of Kanuka (
Leptospermum ericoides) 40' -60', a middle zone of Whiteywood (Melicytus
ramiflorus) , and Lemonwood (Pittosporum eugenioides) . The lower zone
contains ...
Ninety percent of his land is thickly covered in native bush, mostly manuka,
kanuka, karaka and whiteywood trees, and a variety of ferns and flaxes. Near the
roadside, where the ground is low lying and a little swampy, tall stands of toi toi
and ...
6
Records of the Canterbury Museum
Upstream from the site, nikau palm (Rhopalostylus sapida), Whiteywood,
Pigeonwood (Hedycarya arborea), Ribbonwood, kawakawa, tree ferns etc.
contribute to a lowland broadleaf forest type which largely lacks the rata- kamahi
element.
Canterbury Museum (Christchurch, N.Z.), 1964
The whitish bark of the mahoe, Melicytus ramijlorus, makes the common name of
whiteywood an obvious choice for this small tree. The distinctive bark and the
bright green, narrow, bluntly toothed leaves make this small tree, which is
common ...
8
New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Pennell (coastal veronica), Melicytus ramiflorus J.R. et G. Forst, (whiteywood),
and Olearia lyalli (tree daisy). Four collections were taken from the edge of a
swampy, abandoned Snares crested penguin rookery on the North Promontory at
The ...
9
The Structure of New Zealand Woods
Melicytus. ramiflorus. ]. R. et. G. mahoe,. whiteywood. A small tree growing up to
IO m high with a trunk up to 60 cm in diameter. Distributed in lowland and
montane forests throughout the North, South and Stewart Islands. Also on the
Kermadec ...
Brian Augustus Meylan, Brian Geoffrey Butterfield, 1978
10
Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand
... Tawa), rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) , rata (Metro- sideros robusta), pukatea (
Laurelia novae-zealandiae) while the undergrowth was fuchsia (Fuchsia
excorticata) , whiteywood (Melicy- tus ramiflorus), supplejack (Rhipogonum
scandens), ...
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITEYWOOD»
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whiteywood is used in the context of the following news items.
You can bet on these hedges
Diana and John have some unusual hedges too, including our native whiteywood. I've never seen a hedge of that before and it looks good. Still with natives ... «Taranaki Daily News, Nov 13»
New reserves open your eyes
There's taupata, peppers, puriri, karo whiteywood and pseudopanax seedlings, and the only ones likely to live for more than 30 to 40 years are the puriri, which ... «Taranaki Daily News, Oct 13»
Christian Bale Eyeing Moses?
It should be called Whiteywood that sounds more truthful. Only after Egypt was conquered did whites descend upon it trying to claim a black civilization which ... «Deadline.com, Mar 13»
Tropical wonderland
There are self-sown native shrubs like coprosma, peppers and whiteywood, as well as exotics like fennel and purple castor-oil plants. Even Oldham's bamboo is ... «Taranaki Daily News, Feb 13»
Vicarage in full bloom
This and the taller tree version, the common whiteywood, are both members of the pansy family. Doesn't make any sense to me but hey, that's our weird native ... «Taranaki Daily News, Dec 12»
Tiritiri Matangi: Domain of the birds
It was on one such early morning excursion that I encountered the kokako on the Ridge Track, first feeding on the weeds, then running up a whiteywood tree to ... «New Zealand Herald, Feb 12»
Small tree puts on big display
The bark of mahoe, as the English name whiteywood suggests, is greyish-white, often splotched with lichen. The wood is soft and was once used to produce ... «Otago Daily Times, Mar 11»
'I thought we were going to die'
It was only prevented from falling onto a house below by a sturdy old whiteywood tree. "We were doing 10 to 15kmh at the most," Mr Perkins said. "We came ... «Stuff.co.nz, Dec 08»
