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 - Gossamer Grass, Oryzopsis lessoniana, 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

  • Hebe salicifolia - Koromiko

  • Hebe speciosa - Napuka, Titirangi

  • Hebe stricta - Koromiko

  • Kunzea ericiodes - Kanuka

  • Leptospermum scoparium - Manuka

  • Melicope ternata - Wharangi

  • Melicytus crassifolius - Thick-leaved mahoe

  • Melicytus ramiflorus - Mahoe

  • Myoporum laetum - Ngaio

  • Myrsine australis - Mapou, Red Matipo

  • 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

  • Pteris tremula - Bracken

  • Solanum aviculare - Poroporo

  • Sophora tetraptera - Kowhai