Coprosma dumosa syn. Coprosma tayloriae or mikimiki is endemic to the North Island (from Kaimai Range south), South Island (rare in Fiordland) & Stewart Island, and is most commonly found in higher rainfall montane forests and shrublands, mostly above 300m asl. It is a bushy shrub up to 3m tall with 'layered' branches, and has small, thick, pale grey-green elliptic leaves that are 4-6mm long, in clusters of pairs, with tiny hairs on margin in wetter areas. It has orange, red or white fruit (mostly white/transluscent in North Island) from January to May, often persisting into winter. It will tolerate frost, sun or semi-shade, dry, moist and exposed sites.