Margaret Wong submitted this photo along with her comments: “I thought it looked like a lovely inspiration for a group planting. It is a small island off the coast near Nelson in New Zealand. I take lots of photos of trees for inspiration wherever I travel :)”
Richard Warner’s beech has set something off
Margaret also has something to say about the photo that got the contest started: “Kiwis never, as far as I have heard (I am a kiwi living in Australia) call the tree a birch. It is a mountain beech, most likely Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides (New Zealand Mountain Beech) but it could also be Nothofagus solandri var. solandri (New Zealand Black Beech). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothofagus_solandri or http://cber.bio.waikato.ac.nz/courses/226/Fagaceae/Fagaceae.html.”
Hi Margaret,came here to read the latest and was greeted by your beautiful photo which looked very familiar,once I read your description I knew it was.The island is called Haulashore Island and your photo would have been taken from Rocks rd.Fantastic photo!
All the best,Kyle from Nelson