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Metrosideros stipularis is a species of the myrtle family commonly known as tepú, trepú, or tepual. It is an evergreen tree or shrub that attains heights of about four to five metres. The plant is native to southern South America in the southern portions of Chile and Argentina and is a typical resident of very wet areas, especially in swamps and peat bogs and with gleyic soil horizons. Tepú has white flowers that emerge during the austral summer from December through April, but more commonly from Frebruary to March. The species is shade tolerant and grows merkedly slowly, less than 1 mm per year. Mature tepú forest or tepuales have high basal areas when compared with other types of humid forests. Tepú trees tend to grow horizontally and Tepú forest tend have high biomass contents.
In some localities it grows together with Fitzroya cupressoides or with Pilgerodendron uviferum.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Metrosideros stipularis 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.
