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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Common tree daisy, glossy tree daisy - Olearia arborescens
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Mountain akeake - Olearia avicenniifolia
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Akiraho - Olearia paniculata
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Heketara, tree daisy - Olearia rani var. colorata
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Glaucous goosefoot - Oxybasis ambigua
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Coastal tree daisy, Tauhinu - Ozothamnus leptophyllus
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Lace fern, scented fern - Paesia scaberula
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Gully fern, feather fern, piupiu - Pakau pennigera
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Swamp kiokio - Parablechnum minus
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Kiokio, horokio, palm leaf fern - Parablechnum novae-zelandiae
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Small kiokio - Parablechnum procerum
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Parapolystichum microsora
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New Zealand jasmine, Kaiwhiria - Parsonsia capsularis
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Kaiku, Kaiwhiria, New Zealand Jasmine - Parsonsia heterophylla
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Kohia, NZ passionfruit - Passiflora tetrandra
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Kaikomako - Pennantia corymbosa
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Scarlet mistletoe, korukoru, pirita, roeroe - Peraxilla colensoi
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Red mistletoe, pikirangi, pirita, roeroe, pirinoa - Peraxilla tetrapetala
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Tūtunāwai, Swamp willow weed - Persicaria decipiens
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Mountain Flax, Wharariki - Phormium cookianum
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Flax, Harakeke - Phormium tenax
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Mountain toatoa, mountain celery pine - Phyllocladus alpinus
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Tānekaha, celery pine - Phyllocladus trichomanoides
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Pinātoro - Pimelea urvilleana subsp. urvilleana
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Autetaranga, toroheke, sand pimelea - Pimelea villosa
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Tarata, lemonwood - Pittosporum eugenioides
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Kohuhu - Pittosporum tenuifolium
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Makaka, Marsh Ribbonwood - Plagianthus divaricatus
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Manatu, lowland ribbonwood - Plagianthus regius
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Sand tussock, hinarepe - Poa billardierei
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Silver Tussock, wī - Poa cita
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Hall’s tōtara, tōtara-kiri-kōtukutuku - Podocarpus lataus
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Totara - Podocarpus totara
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Shield fern, pikopiko - Polystichum neozealandicum
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Miro - Prumnopitys ferruginea
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Matai - Prumnopitys taxifolia
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Five Finger, Puahou, Whauwhaupaku - Pseudopanax arboreus
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Horoeka, lancewood - Pseudopanax crassifolius
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Lancewood, Toothed Lancewood - Pseudopanax ferox
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MacIntyres panax - Pseudopanax macintyrei
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Lowland horopito, lowland pepper tree - Pseudowintera axillaris
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Horopito, Pepper tree - Pseudowintera colorata
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Shaking brake, tender brake, Australian bracken - Pteris tremula
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Swamp buttercup - Ranunculus macropus
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Stout netting bush - Raukaua anomalus
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Nikau - Rhopalostylis sapida
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Supplejack, kareao, pirita - Ripogonum scandens
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Tātarāmoa, bush lawyer, white-leaved lawyer - Rubus schmidelioides
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Tātarāmoa, bush lawyer, swamp lawyer - Rubus australis
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Tātarāmoa, bush lawyer - Rubus cissoides
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Leafless lawyer, yellow-prickled lawyer - Rubus squarrosus
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Sea primrose, shore pimpernel, water pimpernel, Maakoako - Samolus repens
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Pate, seven-finger - Schefflera digitata
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Three-square - Schoenoplectus pungens
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Kapungawha, Lake Club-rush, Zebra Rush - Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
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Selliera, remuremu, half-star, bonking grass - Selliera radicans
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Poroporo, bullibulli - Solanum laciniatum
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Kowhai, limestone kōwhai - Sophora longicarinata
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Small leaved Kowhai - Sophora microphylla
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Mamaku, black tree fern - Sphaeropteris medullaris
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Spinifex, kōwhangatara - Spinifex sericeus
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Large-leaved milk tree, tūrepo - Streblus banksii
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Milkwood - Streblus heterophyllus
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Pātōtara, dwarf mingimingi - Styphelia nesophila
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New Zealand skullcap, shovel mint - Scutellaria novae-zelandiae
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Maire tawake, swamp maire - Syzygium maire
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Kōkihi, New Zealand spinach, tutae-ikamoana - Tetragonia tetragonoides
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Teucridium - Teucridium parvifolium
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Tāpia, pirita, white mistletoe - Tupeia antarctica
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Raupō, bullrush - Typha orientalis
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Ongaonga, Tree Nettle - Urtica ferox
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Kamahi - Weinmannia racemosa
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Zealandia pustulata - Hound’s tongue, Kowaowao, Paraharaha