Schefflera digitata
New Zealand schefflera · also Patē, Seven finger, Seven-finger
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Schefflera digitata is a small, bushy tree to large shrub with shiny, dark green leaflets and cream-colored flowers followed by black, berry-like drupes. Endemic to New Zealand, it prefers damp, shady parts of lowland to montane forests and along stream banks. Its flowers attract insects and its fruits provide food for birds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 490.01%—7.7 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 20–25 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10 ft
- Sun
- Part shade, Full shade
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Dec
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.7 in, mean 10 in, 90th percentile 24 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- New Zealand North Island temperate forests
- New Zealand South Island temperate forests
Other Schefflera in the catalogue
4 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
