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Coprosma acerosa (Sand Coprosma)

Synonyms: Coprosma acerosa var. brunnea; Coprosma brunnea

Wikipedia Abstract

Coprosma acerosa, commonly called sand coprosma, is a shrub that is native to New Zealand. It is a coastal plant found on the landward side of sand dunes. C. acerosa is a low, spreading shrub with yellow-brownish leaves, red bark and blue fruit. It is declining over large parts of its original range due to competition from marram grass.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Dioecious
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Structure [1]  Shrub
Usage [1]  A yellow dye is obtained from the wood, it does not require a mordant; An excellent medium-height ground cover;
Height [1]  3.937 inches (0.1 m)
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Predators

Acalitus intertextus[2]
Euhexomyza coprosmae[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0