New Zealand Plants and their Collectors

摘要

The Washington Park Arboretum (WPA) has had examples of New Zealand flora for many decades, most of them integrated into the larger collection according to families. With the inception of the Pacific Connections Gardens in October, 2010, plants were grouped geographically (in this case, representative of all New Zealand, but with the upcoming New Zealand Forest focusing on the southwestern portion of the South Island). Coming in the spring of 2013, additional plants (over 10,000, mainly seed-collected in the wild and grown for the WPA) will be planted in seven areas representing ecozones of New Zealand. They are: Mountain Tussock, Mountain Beech, Griselinia Bush, Silver Beech, Hebe Heath, Snow Tussock and Pbormium Fen.