Nelson / Tasman’s Endemic Species
This is our guide to the Nelson Tasman’s regions endemic plant species prior to European settlement.
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Acaena anserinifolia - Bidibid, Hutiwai, Piripiri
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Alectryon excelsus - Titoki
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Alepis flavida - Yellow mistletoe, Pirita, Piriraki
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Alseuosmia pusilla - Mountain alseuosmia, Small toropapa
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Alsophila smithii (Cyathea smithii) - Kātote, Smith’s tree fern
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Alsophila tricolor (Cyathea dealbata) - Ponga, Silver fern
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Anaphalioides bellidioides (Helichrysum bellidioides) - Hells bells, New Zealand everlasting daisy
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Anemanthele lessoniana - Gossamer grass
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Anthoxanthum redolens (Hierochloe redolens) - Scented holy grass, Karetu
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Apium prostratum subsp. prostratum var. filiforme - New Zealand Celery
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Apodasmia similis (Leptocarpus similis) - Jointed wire rush, Oioi
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Aristotelia serrata - Makomako, Wineberry
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Arthropteris tenella - Jointed fern
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Asplenium bulbiferum - Hen and chicken fern, Pikopiko, Mother spleenwort
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Asplenium gracillimum - Hen & chicken fern
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Asplenium oblongifolium - Huruhuru whenua
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Astelia fragrans - Bush flax, Kakaha
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Astelia grandis - Bush Flax
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Atriplex cinerea - Grey saltbush
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Austroderia richardii - Toetoe
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Austrostipa stipoides - Estuary needle grass, Coastal immorality grass, Buggar grass
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Beilschmiedia tawa - Tawa
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Bolboschoenus caldwellii - Purua grass, Caldwell’s clubrush
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Bolboschoenus medianus - Purua grass
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Brachyglottis repanda - Bushman's friend, Rangiora
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Calystegia sepium - Pink bindweed
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Calystegia soldanella - Shore bindweed, Shore convolvulus, Rauparaha
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Calystegia tuguriorum - Climbing convolvulus, New Zealand bindweed
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Carex banksiana - Fine-leaved hook sedge
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Carex cockayneana - Cockayne’s sedge
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Carex comans - Common sedge
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Carex dissita - Forest sedge
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Carex erythrovaginata (Uncinia laxiflora) - Lax bastard grass, Hook sedge
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Carex flagellifera - Glen Murray tussock, Trip me up
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Carex forsteri - Forster’s sedge
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Carex geminata - Cutty grass, Rautahi
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Carex lambertiana - Forest sedge
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Carex lessoniana - Rautahi, Cutty grass
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Carex maorica - Māori sedge
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Carex pumila - Sand sedge
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Carex raoulii - Coastal forest sedge, Raoul’s sedge
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Carex secta - Pukio, Purei
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Carex solandri - Forest sedge, Solander’s sedge
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Carex uncinata - Bastard grass, Kamu
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Carex virgata - Swamp sedge, Pukio
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Carmichaelia australis - Common broom
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Carmichaelia odorata - Scented broom, Leafy broom
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Carpodetus serratus - Putaputaweta, Marbleleaf
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Centella uniflora - Centella
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Chionochloa conspicua - Hunangamoho, Snow Grass
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Clematis foetida - Clematis
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Clematis paniculata - White clematis, Puawananga
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Coprosma acerosa - Sand coprosma, Tātaraheke
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Coprosma areolata - Thin-leaved coprosma
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Coprosma crassifolia - Thick leaved coprosma
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Coprosma dumosa - Tier coprosma
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Coprosma foetidissima - Hūpiro, Stinkwood, Sh*t shrub
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Coprosma grandifolia - Kanono, Raurekau
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Coprosma linariifolia - Mikimiki, Yellow wood
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Coprosma lucida - Karamu
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Coprosma microcarpa - Small seeded coprosma
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Coprosma obconica - Coprosma
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Coprosma parviflora - Leafy coprosma
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Coprosma propinqua - Mingimingi, Common coprosma
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Coprosma repens - Taupata
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Coprosma rhamnoides - Mingimingi, Twiggy coprosma
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Coprosma rigida - Streamside coprosma
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Coprosma robusta - Karamu
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Coprosma rotundifolia - Round leaved coprosma
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Coprosma tenuicaulis - Swamp coprosma
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Cordyline australis - Ti kouka, Cabbage tree
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Cordyline banksii - Forest cabbage tree, Ti Ngahere
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Coriaria arborea - Tutu
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Corokia cotoneaster - Korokio, Wire-nettting bush
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Corynocarpus laevigatus - Karaka
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Cranfillia fluviatilis - Kiwikiwi, Creek fern
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Cyperus ustulatus - Giant umbrella sedge, Upoko-tangata
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Dacrycarpus dacrydioides - Kahikatea, White pine
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Dacrydium cupressinum - Rimu, Red pine
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Dichondra repens - Mercury Bay weed, Dichondra
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Dicksonia fibrosa - Wheki ponga
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Dicksonia squarrosa - Wheki
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Didymocheton spectabilis - Kohekohe, New Zealand mahogany
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Diplazium australe
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Discaria toumatou - Matagouri, Matakoura, Wild Irishman
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Disphyma australe - Horokaka, New Zealand ice plant
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Dodonaea viscosa - Akeakes
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Dracophyllum filifolium - Inanga
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Elaeocarpus dentatus - Hinau
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Elaeocarpus hookerianus - Pōkākā
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Eleocharis acuta - Sharp spike sedge
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Entelea arborescens - Whau
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Euphorbia glauca - Waiu-atua, Sand milkweed
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Ficinia nodosa - Wiwi, Knobby club rush
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Ficinia spiralis - Golden sand sedge, Pingao, Pikao
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Freycinetia banksii - Kiekie
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Fuchsia excorticata - Konini, Kotukutuku, Tree Fuchsia
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Fuchsia perscandens - Scrambling fuchsia
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Fuscospora fusca - Red beech, Tawhairaunui
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Fuscospora solandri - Black beech, Tawhairauriki
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Fuscospora truncata - Hard beech, Tawhairaunui
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Gahnia pauciflora - Cutting sedge, Tupari maunga
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Gahnia xanthocarpa - Gahnia, māpere
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Gaultheria antipoda - Snowberry, Fools beech
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Geniostoma ligustrifolium - Hangehange
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Griselinia littoralis - Kapuka, Broadleaf
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Griselinia lucida - Puka, Akapuka
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Hebe leiophylla - Hebe
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Hebe stenophylla - Koromiko, Narrow leaved hebe
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Hebe stricta - Koromiko
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Hebe subfulvidia (Hebe divaricata)
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Hebe venustula - Hebe
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Hebe vernicosa - Hebe
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Hedycarya arborea - Porokaiwhiri, Pigeonwood
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Helichrysum lanceolatum - Niniao
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Hoheria angustifolia - Narrow-leaved lacebark
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Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae - Swamp pennywort
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Hypolepis ambigua
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Icarus filiformis - Thread fern, Climbing hard fern, Pānoko
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Ileostylus micranthus - Green mistletoe, Pirita
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Isolepis prolifera
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Juncus australis - Leafless rush, Wiwi
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Juncus edgariae - Common rush, Wiwi
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Juncus kraussii - Sea rush
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Juncus pallidus - Giant rush, Wiwi, Leafless rush
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Juncus pauciflorus - Leafless rush
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Juncus sarophorus - Broom rush, Fan-flowered rush
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Korthalsella lindsayi - Leafless mistletoe, Dwarf mistletoe
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Korthalsella salicornioides - Dwarf mistletoe
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Kunzea ericoides - Kanuka
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Laurelia novae-zelandiae - Pukatea
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Leptecophylla juniperina - Mingimingi, Prickly mingimingi
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Leptinella dioica - Shore cotula
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Leptospermum scoparium - Manuka
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Leucopogon fasciculatus - Mingimingi, Tall mingimingi
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Libertia ixioides - Iris, Mikoikoi, Native iris, Tukauki
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Libertia mooreae - Moore’s iris, Moore’s mikoikoi
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Linum monogynum - Rauhuia, New Zealand linen flax, Kaho
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Lobelia anceps - New Zealand lobelia, Shore lobelia
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Lobelia angulata - Panakenake, Pratia
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Lomaria discolor - Crown fern, Petipeti, Piupiu
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Lophomyrtus bullata - Ramarama
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Lophomyrtus obcordata - Rohutu
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Lophozonia menziesii - Silver beech, Tawhai
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Machaerina articulata - Jointed twig-rush
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Machaerina rubiginosa - Baumea
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Macropiper excelsum - Kawakawa, Pepperwood
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Melicope simplex - Poataniwha
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Melicope ternata - Wharangi
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Melicytus alpinus - Porcupine shurb
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Melicytus crassifolius - Thick-leaved mahoe
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Melicytus lanceolatus - Māhoe-wao, Narrow-leaved māhoe
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Melicytus micranthus - Swamp māhoe, Manakura
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Melicytus obovatus
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Melicytus ramiflorus - Māhoe, Whiteywood
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Metrosideros colensoi - Rātā
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Metrosideros diffusa - White rātā, Akakura
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Metrosideros fulgens - Rātā vine, Scarlet rātā, Climbing rātā, Akatawhiwhi
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Metrosideros perforata - White rātā, Akatea, Lowland rātā
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Metrosideros umbellata - Southern rātā
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Microlaena avenacea - Bush rice grass, Oat grass
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Microlaena polynoda - Bamboo grass, Bamboo
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Microlaena stipoides - Meadow rice grass, Paatiitii
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Muehlenbeckia australis - Pōhuehue, Large-leaved muehlenbeckia
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Muehlenbeckia complexa - Small-leaved pōhuehue, Wire vine
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Muehlenbeckia ephedroides - Pōhuehue, Creeping pōhuehue
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Myoporum laetum - Ngaio
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Myrsine australis - Māpou
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Myrsine divaricata - Weeping māpou
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Neomyrtus pedunculata - Rohutu
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Nestegis cunninghamii - Black maire
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Nestegis lanceolata - White maire
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Olearia arborescens - Common tree daisy, Glossy tree daisy
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Olearia avicenniifolia - Mountain akeake
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Olearia paniculata - Akiraho
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Olearia rani var. colorata - Heketara, Tree daisy
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Oxybasis ambigua - Glaucous goosefoot
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Ozothamnus leptophyllus - Coastal tree daisy, Tauhinu
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Paesia scaberula - Lace fern, Scented fern
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Pakau pennigera - Gully fern, Feather fern, Piupiu
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Parablechnum minus - Swamp kiokio
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Parablechnum novae-zelandiae - Kiokio, Horokio, Palm leaf fern
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Parablechnum procerum - Small kiokio
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Parapolystichum microsora
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Paratrophis banksi (Streblus banksii) - Large-leaved milk tree, Tūrepo
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Paratrophis microphylla (Streblus heterophyllus) - Milkwood
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Parsonsia capsularis - New Zealand jasmine, Kaiwhiria
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Parsonsia heterophylla - Kaiku, Kaiwhiria, New Zealand jasmine
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Passiflora tetrandra - Kohia, NZ passionfruit
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Pennantia corymbosa - Kaikomako
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Peraxilla colensoi - Scarlet mistletoe, Korukoru, Pirita, Roeroe
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Peraxilla tetrapetala - Red mistletoe, Pikirangi, Pirita, Roeroe, Pirinoa
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Persicaria decipiens - Tūtunāwai, Swamp willow weed
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Phormium cookianum - Mountain flax, Wharariki
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Phormium tenax - Flax, Harakeke
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Phyllocladus alpinus - Mountain toatoa, Mountain celery pine
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Phyllocladus trichomanoides - Tānekaha, Celery pine
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Pimelea urvilleana subsp. urvilleana - Pinātoro
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Pimelea villosa - Autetaranga, Toroheke, Sand pimelea
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Pittosporum eugenioides - Tarata, Lemonwood
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Pittosporum tenuifolium - Kohuhu
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Plagianthus divaricatus - Makaka, Marsh ribbonwood
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Plagianthus regius - Manatu, Lowland ribbonwood
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Poa billardierei - Sand tussock, Hinarepe
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Poa cita - Silver Tussock, Wī
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Podocarpus lataus - Hall’s tōtara, Tōtara-kiri-kōtukutuku
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Podocarpus totara - Tōtara
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Polystichum neozealandicum - Shield fern, Pikopiko
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Prumnopitys ferruginea - Miro
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Prumnopitys taxifolia - Matai
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Pseudopanax arboreus - Five Finger, Puahou, Whauwhaupaku
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Pseudopanax crassifolius - Horoeka, Lancewood
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Pseudopanax ferox - Lancewood, Toothed lancewood
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Pseudopanax macintyrei - MacIntyres panax
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Pseudowintera axillaris - Lowland horopito, Lowland pepper tree
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Pseudowintera colorata - Horopito, Pepper tree
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Pteris tremula - Shaking brake, Tender brake, Australian bracken
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Pterophylla racemosa (Weinmannia racemosa) - Kamahi
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Ranunculus macropus - Swamp buttercup
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Raukaua anomalus - Stout netting bush
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Rhopalostylis sapida - Nikau
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Ripogonum scandens - Supplejack, Kareao, Pirita
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Rubus australis - Tātarāmoa, Bush lawyer, Swamp lawyer
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Rubus cissoides - Tātarāmoa, Bush lawyer
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Rubus schmidelioides - Tātarāmoa, Bush lawyer, White-leaved lawyer
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Rubus squarrosus - Leafless lawyer, Yellow-prickled lawyer
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Samolus repens - Sea primrose, Shore pimpernel, Water pimpernel, Maakoako
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Schefflera digitata - Patē, Seven-finger
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Schoenoplectus pungens - Three-square
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Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani - Kapungawha, Lake club-rush, Zebra rush
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Scutellaria novae-zelandiae - New Zealand skullcap, Shovel mint - Scutellaria novae-zelandi
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Selliera radicans - Selliera, Remuremu, Half-star, Bonking grass
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Solanum laciniatum - Poroporo, Bullibulli
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Sophora longicarinata - Kowhai, Limestone kōwhai
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Sophora microphylla - Small leaved kowhai
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Sphaeropteris medullaris - Mamaku, Black tree fern
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Spinifex sericeus - Spinifex, Kōwhangatara
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Styphelia nesophila - Pātōtara, Dwarf mingimingi
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Syzygium maire - Maire tawake, Swamp maire
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Tetragonia tetragonoides - Kōkihi, New Zealand spinach, Tutae-ikamoana
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Teucridium parvifolium - Teucridium
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Tupeia antarctica - Tāpia, Pirita, White mistletoe
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Typha orientalis - Raupō, Bullrush
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Urtica ferox - Ongaonga, Tree nettle
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Zealandia pustulata - Hound’s tongue, Kowaowao, Paraharaha