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Sand Coprosma

Coprosma acerosa

Sand Coprosma
Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub, Grass
Native range
New Zealand, Chatham Is.
Climate
temperate

About

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.

Other Coprosma plants

Coprosma acutifolia · Tree Coprosma · Thin Leaved Coprosma · Coprosma baueri · Coprosma chathamica · Coprosma cheesemanii · Coprosma ciliata · Coprosma cordicarpa · Mikimiki · Coprosma cuneata · Coprosma dodonaeifolia · Coprosma dumosa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coprosma acerosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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