The population grows in wet mountain forest habitat in the understory of ?Mhi?a lehua ( " Metrosideros polymorpha " ) trees in Kalalau Valley on Kauai.
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These populations are found on steep slopes and dripping wet cliffs in forests dominated by " Metrosideros polymorpha " and " Acacia koa ".
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These fossils are significant, because they show that " Metrosideros " once occurred naturally in Australia during the Cenozoic, and has since become extinct.
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There is one known cultivar of large white rt, " Metrosideros albiflora "'Northland', which is listed in the Blue Mountain Nurseries catalog.
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This is very curious considering that " Metrosideros " is one of the most widely spread plants in the Pacific, and is not present in Australia today.
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In addition to fruits, it feeds on insects, and buds and blossoms of the " Mhia lehua " ( " Metrosideros polymorpha " ).
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The akohekohe is a nectarivore that feeds on the flowers of " Mhia lehua " ( " Metrosideros polymorpha " ) high up in the iiwi.
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In the grounds of the local school stands Te Waha o Rerekohu, one of the largest pohutukawa tree ( " Metrosideros excelsa " ) in New Zealand.
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"Hibiscadelphus woodii " inhabited basalt scree and cliff walls in Mhia lehua ( " Metrosideros polymorpha " ) dominated mixed mesic forests at an elevation of.
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The larvae live on or near the tips of smaller roots of fallen " Metrosideros polymorpha " trees that are suspended parallel to the ground and covered with lichen.
