New Zealand’s Pioneer Species

  • Acaena novae-zelandiae - Piripiri, Red bidibidi

  • Aciphylla aurea - Golden spaniard, Golden speargrass

  • Aciphylla dieffenbachii - Dieffenbach’s speargrass, Soft speargrass

  • Aciphylla glaucescens - Blue Spaniard

  • Aciphylla scott-thomsonii - Giant Spaniard, Speargrass, Taramea

  • Aciphylla squarrosa - Common spaniard, Speargrass

  • Anemanthele lessoniana (Oryzopsis lessoniana) - Gossamer grass, Stipa arundinacea, Wind grass

  • Apodasmia similis - Jointed Wire Rush, Oioi

  • Aristotelia serrata - Makomako, Wineberry

  • Astelia banksii - Shore astelia, Wharawhara

  • Astelia chathamica - Silver spear, Chatham Island astelia, Moriori flax

  • Astelia fragrans - Bush flax, Kakaha

  • Astelia grandis - Bush flax

  • Astelia nervosa - Mountain astelia

  • Austroderia fulvida - Toetoe

  • Austroderia richardii - Toetoe

  • Austroderia toetoe - Toetoe

  • Brachyglottis repanda - Bushman's friend, Rangiora

  • Carex albula - White sedge

  • Carex buchananii - Carex red rooster

  • Carex comans - Common sedge

  • Carex dipsacea - Tahoata, Teasel sedge

  • Carex dissita - Forest sedge

  • Carex flagellifera - Glen Murray tussock, Trip me up

  • Carex geminata - Cutty grass, rautahi

  • Carex lambertiana - Forest sedge

  • Carex lessoniana - Rautahi, Cutty grass

  • Carex maorica - Māori sedge

  • Carex secta – Pukio, Purei

  • Carex solandri - Forest sedge, Solander’s sedge

  • Carex testacea - Prairie fire, Speckled sedge

  • Carex trifida - Mutton bird sedge, Tataka

  • Carex virgata - Swamp sedge, Pukio, Toitoi, Toetoe

  • Chionochloa conspicua - Hunangamoho, Snow grass

  • Chionochloa flavescens - Broad leaved snow tussock, Haumata

  • Chionochloa rigida - Narrow leaved snow tussock, Wī kura

  • Chionochloa rubra - Red tussock, Snow grass

  • Coprosma brunnea - Brown-stemmed coprosma

  • Coprosma dumosa - Tier coprosma

  • Coprosma lucida – Karamu

  • Coprosma propinqua – Mingimingi

  • Coprosma repens - Taupata

  • Coprosma robusta - Karamu

  • Coprosma rugosa - Needle-leaved mountain coprosma

  • Cordyline australis - Cabbage Tree

  • Coriaria arborea – Tutu

  • Dianella nigra - NZ Blueberry, Turutu

  • Dodonaea viscosa - Akeake

  • Entelea arborescens - Whau

  • Festuca actae - Banks Peninsula Blue Tussock

  • Ficinia nodosa - Wiwi, knobby club rush, ethel sedge

  • Gaultheria antipoda - Snowberry, Fools beech

  • Griselinia littoralis - Broadleaf, Kapuka

  • Hoheria lyalli - Mountain lacebark

  • Juncus australis - Leafless rush, Wiwi

  • Juncus edgariae (Juncus gregifolrus) - Common rush, Wiwi

  • Juncus pallidus - Giant rush, Wiwi, Leafless rush

  • Kunzea ericiodes - Kanuka

  • Kunzea robusta - Kanuka, Rawirinui

  • Leptecophylla juniperina - Mingimingi, Prickly mingimingi

  • Leptospermum scoparium - Manuka

  • Melicope ternata - Wharangi

  • Melicytus crassifolius - Thick-leaved mahoe

  • Melicytus lanceolatus - Māhoe-wao, Narrow-leaved māhoe

  • Melicytus ramiflorus - Mahoe

  • Myoporum laetum - Ngaio

  • Myrsine australis - Mapou, Red Matipo

  • Myrsine salicina – Toro

  • Olearia paniculata - Akiraho, Golden akeake

  • Olearia solandri - Coastal tree daisy

  • Ozothamnus leptophyllus - Coastal tree daisy, Cottonwood

  • Phormium cookianum - Mountain Flax, Wharariki

  • Phormium tenax - NZ Flax

  • Pittosporum crassifolium - Karo

  • Pittosporum eugenioides - Tarata, Lemonwood

  • Pittosporum tenuifolium - Kohuhu

  • Plagianthus regius - Manatu, Ribbonwood

  • Poa astonii - Coastal poa, Blue shore tussock

  • Poa cita - Silver Tussock, Wī

  • Pteridium esculentum - Bracken, Rarauhe, Bracken fern

  • Pteris tremula - Shaking Brake, Australian bracken

  • Rubus cissoides - Tātarāmoa, Bush lawyer

  • Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani - Kapungawha, Lake club-rush, Zebra rush

  • Solanum aviculare - Poroporo

  • Sophora tetraptera - Kowhai

  • Veronica elliptica - kōkōmuka, Shore hebe, Shore koromiko

  • Veronica salicifolia - Koromiko

  • Veronica speciosa - Napuka, Titirangi

  • Veronica stenophylla - Koromiko, Narrow leaved hebe

  • Veronica stricta - Koromiko