PLANTS Profile for Metrosideros polymorpha ('ohi'a lehua)

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PLANTS Profile

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.
'ohi'a lehua

Symbol:

MEPO5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Myrtaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

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Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.

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Distribution:
Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.


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Related Taxa:
Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.

View 32 genera in Myrtaceae, 5 species in Metrosideros or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. dieteri J.W. Dawson & Stemmermann. .

Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri
'ohi'a lehua

Distribution of Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. glaberrima (Levl.) H. St. John. .

Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima
'ohi'a lehua

Distribution of Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. incana (Levl.) Skottsb.. .

Metrosideros polymorpha var. incana
'ohi'a lehua

Distribution of Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. macrophylla (Rock) H. St. John. .

Metrosideros polymorpha var. macrophylla
'ohi'a lehua

Distribution of Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. newellii (Rock) H. St. John. .

Metrosideros polymorpha var. newellii
'ohi'a lehua

Distribution of Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. polymorpha. . Image Available.

Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha
'ohi'a lehua

Distribution of Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. pseudorugosa Skottsb.. .

Metrosideros polymorpha var. pseudorugosa
'ohi'a lehua

Distribution of Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. var. pumila (A. Heller) Skottsb.. .

Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila
'ohi'a lehua

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Myrtales
Family	Myrtaceae – Myrtle family
Genus	Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn. – lehua
Species	Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich. – 'ohi'a lehua

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.

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FAC-

Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri:

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FAC

Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima:

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FAC+

Metrosideros polymorpha var. macrophylla:

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FAC

Metrosideros polymorpha var. newellii:

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FACW

Metrosideros polymorpha var. pseudorugosa:

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OBL

Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila:

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OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27259.

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Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.

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