Flora
List of flora known to exist in our Environmental Reserves
* = Exotic (introduced) plant
| Botanical Name | Common Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Aceana anserinifolia | Bidibidi | |
| Aceana novae-zealandiae | Bidibidi | |
| * | Acer pseudoplatanus | Sycamore |
| * | Achillaea millefoium | Yarrow |
| * | Agrostis capillaris | Browntop |
| * | Agrostis stolonifera | Creeping bent |
| * | Agrostis tenuis | Browntop |
| * | Alisma plantago-aquatica | Water plantain |
| * | Allium triquetrum | Three-cornered garlic |
| * | Alnus glutinosa | Alder |
| * | Alopecurus geniculatus | Marsh fox-tall |
| * | Alstromeria aurantiaca | Flower |
| * | Anagalius arvense | Scarlet pimpernel |
| Anaphalis bellidioides | ||
| * | Angelica sp. | |
| * | Anthroxanthum odoratum | Sweet vernal |
| Apium australe | New Zealand Celery | |
| Apium prostratum | ||
| Aristotelia serrata | Wineberry or Mako | |
| Asplenium bulbiferum | Hen and chicken fern or mauku | |
| Asplenium falcatum | Drooping spleenwort | |
| Asplenium flaccidum | Hanging spleenwort or Raukatauri | |
| Asplenium lyalli | Lyall’s Spleenwort | |
| Asplenium obtusatum | Shore Spleenwort | |
| Asplenium polyodon | ||
| Asplenium scleroprium | ||
| Astelia fragrans | Bush Lily or Kakaha | |
| Astelia spp. | Perching Lily | |
| Astelia nervosa | ||
| Atriplex hastate | ||
| * | Barbarea intermedia | Winter cress |
| Bauma tenax | ||
| * | Bellis perennis | Lawn daisy |
| * | Berberis darwinii | Darwin’s barberry |
| * | Betula pendula | Silver Birch |
| Blechnum banksii | Salt spray fern/Shore fern | |
| Blechnum capense | Native kiokio fern | |
| Blechnum chambersii | ||
| Blechnum colensoi | ||
| Blechnum discolor | Crown fern or Piupiu | |
| Blechnum duram | Coastal hard fern | |
| Blechnum fluviatile | Kiwakiwa | |
| Blechnum lanceolatum | Fern | |
| Blechnum minus | Swamp kiokio | |
| Blechnum membranaceum | Fern | |
| Blechnum novae zelandiae | kiokio | |
| Blechnum penna marina | Alpine hard fern | |
Blechnum procerum | Fern/small kiokio | |
| Blechnum sp. ‘brown scale’ | Common hard fern | |
| Blechnum species no. 1 | Kiokio | |
| Brachyglottis rotundifolia | ||
| Callitriche petrieii | Slender herb | |
| Callitriche stagnalis | Pond water –starwort | |
| * | Calystegia silvatica | Convolvulus |
| Calystegia tuguriorum | Native bindweed | |
| * | Capsella bursa-pastoris | Shepard’s purse |
| Cardamine sp aff debilis | Bitter cress | |
| * | Cardamine hirsuta | Bitter cress |
| Carex genus | Tussock | |
| Carex appressa | ||
| Carex comans | ||
| Carex coriacea | Cutty grass | |
| Carex dissita | ||
| Carex littorosa | ||
| Carex secta | Pukio | |
| Carex trifida | ||
| Carex virgata | Sedge | |
| Carpodetus serratus | Marbleleaf or Putaputaweta | |
| Cassinia vauvilliersii | Cottonwood | |
| Centella uniflora | Angiosperm/flowering plant | |
| * | Cerastium fontanum | Mouse-ear chickweed |
| * | Cerastium glomeratum | Sticky chickweed |
| Chenopodium glacum ssp Ambiguum | ||
| Chionochloa rubra | Red tussock | |
| Chionochloa genus | Tussock | |
| * | Cirsium arvense | Californian thistle |
| * | Cirsium lanceolatum | Scotch or spear thistle |
| * | Cirsium vulgare | Scotch thistle |
| * | Clayonia perfoliata | Miners lettuce |
| Clematis foetidia | Yellow flowered clematis | |
| Clematis paniculata | Puawhananga/white flowered Clematis | |
| Clematis vitalba | Old Man’s Beard | |
| Colobanthus sp. | Cushion plant | |
| Colobanthus meullerii | ||
| Conium maculatum | Hemlock | |
| * | Convolvulus | Field bindweed |
| Coprosma areolata | Small leaved shrub | |
| Coprosma colensoi | Stinkwood/karamu | |
| Coprosma foetidissima | Stinkwood | |
| Coprosma grandiflora | Kanono | |
| Coprosma lucida | Glossy karamu/karanga | |
| Coprosma parviflora | Small leaved shrub | |
| Coprosma pedicellata | Coprosma | |
| Coprosma propinqua | Mingimingi | |
| Coprosma rhamnoides | Divaricating native shrub | |
| Coprosma rigida | Coprosma | |
| Coprosma robusta | Coprosma | |
| Coprosma rotundifolia | Round leaved coprosma | |
| Coprosma rubra | Coprosma | |
| Cordyline australis | Cabbage tree or Ti | |
| Coriaria arborescens | ||
| Coriaria sarmentosa | Tutu | |
| Cortaderia richardii | Toetoe | |
| Cotoneaster glaucophyllus | Cotoneaster | |
| * | Cotoneaster siminsii | Cotoneaster |
| Cotula spp | Water button/button weed | |
| Cotula coronopifera | ||
| Cotula coronopifolia | ||
| Crassula moschata | ||
| * | Crataegus monogyna | Hawthorn |
| * | Crepis capillaris | Hawksbeard |
| * | Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora | Montbretia |
| Ctenopteris heterophylla | ||
| * | Cupressus macrocarpa | Monterey cypress |
| * | Cupressocyparis leylandii | Leyland cypress |
| Cyathea smithii | wheki | |
| Cyathodes empetrifolia | Prickly mingimingi | |
| Cyathodes fraseri | Shrub | |
| Cyathodes juniperina | Prickly mingimingi | |
| Cythea smithii | Soft tree fern | |
| * | Cytisus scoparius | Broom |
| Dacrycarpus dacrydioides | Kahikatea/White Pine | |
| Dacrydium cupressinum | Red Pine or Rimu | |
| * | Dactylus glomerata | Cocksfoot |
| * | Daphne laureola | Spurge-laurel |
| Dichelachne crinita | ||
| Dicksonia fibrosa | Ponga | |
| Dicksonia squarrosa | Tree fern or Wheki | |
| * | Digitalis purpurea | Foxglove |
| Disphyma australe | ||
| Dracophyllum longifolium | Inaka / Inanga | |
| Drosera pygmea | ||
| * | Dryopteris filis-mas | Male fern |
| Earina mucronata | ||
| Elaeocarpus hookerianus | Pokaka | |
| Eleocharis acuta | ||
| Eleocharis minus | Club rush | |
| Epilobium alsinoides | Willowherb | |
| Epilobium ciliatum | Willow Herb | |
| Epilobium komarovianum | ||
| Epilobium pedunculare | Willow herb | |
| Erechtites minima | Coastal burnweed | |
| * | Eucalyptus spp. | Eucalyptus |
| * | Euonymus europaeus | Spindleberry |
| Festuca genus | Tussock | |
| * | Festuca arundinacea | Tall fescue |
| Fuschia x colensoi | Hybrid fuschia | |
| Fuchsia excorticate | Tree fuchsia or Kotukutuku | |
| Fuchsia perscandens | Climbing fuchsia | |
| Gahnia sp. | Saw-sedge | |
| Galega officinalis | Goat’s rue | |
| Galeobdolon luteum | Aluminium/Artillery Plant | |
| * | Galium aparine | Cleaver |
| Galium propinquim | Mawe | |
| Gastrodia cunninghamii | ||
| Gaultheria antipoda | Snowberry | |
| Gaultheria macrostigma | ||
| Gentiana saxosa | Shore gentian | |
| Gleichenia dicarpa | Swamp umbrella fern | |
| * | Glyceria declinata | Floating sweet grass |
| Gnaphalium audax | ||
| Gnaphalium hookeri | Shrub | |
| Gonocarpus aggregatus | ||
| Grammitis billardierii | ||
| Grammitis magellanica sp. nothofageti | Fern | |
| * | Grasses | English Grass |
| Griselinia littoralis | Broadleaf or Kapuka | |
| Gunnera dentata | ||
| Haloragis erecta | ||
| Hebe elliptica | Kokomuka | |
| Hebe salicifolia | Koromiko | |
| Hebe sp | Hebe | |
| * | Hedera helix | Ivy |
| Helichrysum filicaule | Sub-alpine herb | |
| Hierochloe redolens | Holy Grass | |
| Histiopteris incisa | Water fern | |
| Hoheria populnea | Lacebark or houhere | |
| Hoheria sexstylosa | Lacebark | |
| * | Holcus lanatus | Yorkshire fog |
| * | Hydrangea spp. | Hydrangea |
| Hydrocotyle americana | Water-pennywort | |
| Hydrocotyle heteromeria | Pennywort or hydrocotyle | |
| Hydrocotyle novae-selandiae | Water pennywort | |
| Hymenanthera alpina | Evergreen woody shrub | |
| Hymenophyllum bivalve | Filmy fern | |
| Hymenophyllum demissum | Drooping filmy fern | |
| Hymenophyllum dilatatum | Filmy fern | |
| Hymenophyllum flabellatum | Filmy fern | |
| Hymenophyllum rarum | Filmy fern | |
| Hymenophyllum revolutum | Filmy fern | |
| Hymenophyllum sanguim lentum | Filmy fern | |
| * | Hypericum androaemumv | Tutsan |
| * | Hypochaeris radicata | Catsear |
| Hypolepis ambigua | Fern | |
| Hypolepis distans | Scrambling Ground Fern | |
| Hypolepis millefolium | ||
| Hypolepis rufobarbata | Fern | |
| Hypolepis rugosula | ||
| Hypolepis tenuifolia | Pressed Fern | |
| Ileostylis micranthus | ||
| * | Ilex aquifolium | Holly |
| * | Iris sp | Iris |
| Isolepis cernua | ||
| Isolepis carnuus | ||
| Isolepis habrus | ||
| Isolepis praetextatus | ||
| Isolepis nodosus | ||
| Isolepis sp | ||
| * | Juncus articulatus | Jointed rush |
| * | Juncus bufonius | Toad rush |
| * | Juncus bulbosus | |
| * | Juncus geraldii | |
| Juncus gregiflorus | Native rush | |
| Juncus planiflorus | ||
| * | Juncus procerus | |
| Juncus sarophorus | Native rush | |
| Juncus spp. | Rush | |
| Kelleria lyallii | ||
| Korthalsella salicormioides | ||
| Lachnogrotis sp | ||
| * | Lagarosiphon major | Lagarosiphon |
| * | Lapsana communis | Nipplewort |
| Lastreopsis hispida | ||
| * | Lemn minor | Duckweed |
| Lepidosperme australe | ||
| Leptinella dioica | ||
| Leptocarpus similis | ||
| Leptopteris hymenophylloides | Crepe fern | |
| Leptospermum scoparium | Tea tree or Manuka | |
| Leptocarpus similis | Jointed wire rush or oioi | |
| Leucopogon fraseri | ||
| Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae | ||
| Linum monogynum | ||
| * | Lolium perenne | Rye grass |
| * | Lonicera periclymenum | Honeysuckle |
| Loranthus micranthus | Mistletoe | |
| * | Lotus corniculatus | Bird’s- foot- trefoil |
| * | Lotus pedunculatus | Lotus grass |
| * | Lupinus arboreus | Tree Lupin |
| * | Lupinus spp. | Lupin |
| Luzula sp | ||
| Luzuriaga parviflora | Lanternberry plant | |
| Lycopodium varium | Hanging clubmoss | |
| Macropiper excelsum | Peppertree/Kawakawa | |
| * | Malus domesticus | Apple |
| * | Matricaria matricaroides | Rayless chamomile |
| Mazus arenarius | ||
| Melicope simplex | Shrub | |
| Melicytus lanceolatus | Mahoewao | |
| Melicytus ramiflorus | Whiteywood or Mahoe-wao | |
| * | Mentha spicata | |
| Metrosideros diffusa | Climbing rata or Akatea | |
| Metrosideros mbellate | Ironwood or (Southern) Rata | |
| Microlaena avenacea | Bush rice grass | |
| * | Mimulus guittatus | Monkey musk |
| * | Mimulus moschatus | Muskflower |
| Moss spp | Moss | |
| Mosotus pygmea var pygmea | ||
| Muehlenbeckia australis | Pohuehue | |
| Muehlenbeckia complexa | Pohuehue | |
| * | Mycelis muralis | Wall’s Lettuce |
| Myosotis sp. | Mouse ear/forget-me-not | |
| Myosotis caespitose | Water forget-me-not | |
| * | Myosotis laxa subsp caespitosa | Water forget-me-not |
| Myosotis rakiura | Mouse ear/forget-me-not | |
| Myriophyllum propinquum | Water milfoil | |
| Myrsine australis | Red Mapou or Matipo | |
| Myrsine divaricata | Weeping matipo | |
| Neomyrtus pedunculata | Rohutu | |
| Nertera depressa | Bead Plant | |
Nertera dichondrifolia | Creeping ground cover | |
| Nothofagus fusca | NZ Red Beech | |
| Nothofagus menziesii | Silver Beech | |
| Nothofagus solandri var cliffortioides | Mountain Beech | |
| Nertera setulosa | ||
| Nertera villosa | ||
| Olearia arborescens | Tree daisy | |
| Olearia colensoi | Leatherwood or Tupare | |
| Olearia nummularifolia | Shrub daisy | |
| Olearia oporina | ||
| Oreomyrrhis sp “coastal” | ||
| Ozothamnus vauvilliersii | ||
| Paesia scaberula | ||
| * | Parentucella viscosa | |
| Pernettya macrostigma | Chamaephytic shrub | |
| Parsonsia capularis | Native Jasmine or Akakiore | |
| Parsonsia heterophylla | NZ Jasmine or kaihua | |
| * | Pasture grass’ sp | Pasture grass |
| Patellaea rotundifolia | Button Fern | |
| Pennantia corymbosa | Kaikomako | |
| Pernettya macrostigma | Chamaephytic shrub | |
| Phormium tenax | Flax or Harakeke | |
| Phyllocladus alpinus | Mountain toa toa | |
| Phymatosorus diversifolius | Hounds tongue fern or Kowaowao | |
| Pimelea lyallii | Southern sand daphne | |
| Pimelea prostrata | NZ Daphne | |
| * | Pinus radiata | Radiata pine |
| Pittosporum colensoi | Evergreen tree, Kohuhu cultivator | |
| Pittosporum eugenioides | Lemonwood or tarata | |
| Pittosporum tenuifolium | Kohuhu/Black Mapou | |
| Plagianthus divaricatus | Shore ribbonwood | |
| Plagianthus regius | Ribbonwood | |
| * | Plantago australis | |
| Plantago lanceolata | Narrow-leaved plantain | |
| Plantago major | Broad-leaved plantain | |
| Plantago raoulii | ||
| Plantago triandra | Starweed | |
| Poa genus | Tussocks | |
| * | Poa annua | Annual bluegrass, annual wintergrass |
| Poa astonii | Tussock | |
| Poa cita /Poa laevis | Silver tussock | |
| Poa colensoi | Blue Tussock | |
| Podocarpus ferrugineus | Miro | |
| Podocarpus hallii | Hall totara | |
| Podocarpus spicatus | Matai/Black Pine | |
| Podocarpus totara | Totara | |
| Polystichum neozelandica | Shield fern | |
| Polystichum richardii | Tutoke, shore field fern | |
| Polystichum vestitum | Prickly shield-fern | |
| * | Populus alba | Silver poplar |
| * | Populus nigra | Poplar |
| * | Populus sp | Poplar |
| Pratia angulata | ||
| Prumnopitys ferruginea | Miro/Brown Pine | |
| Prumnopitys taxifolia | Black Pine or Matai | |
| * | Prunella vulgaris | Self heal |
| * | Prunus avium | Cherry |
| * | Prunus cerasifera | Plum |
| * | Prunus laurocerasus | Cherry laurel |
| * | Prunus lusitanica | Portugal laurel |
| Pseudognaphalium luteo-album | ||
| Pseudopanax arboreus | Five finger/puahou | |
| Pseudopanax colensoi | Mountain five finger | |
| Pseudopanax colensoi var fiordense | ||
| Pseudopanax colensoi var ternatus | Three finger | |
| Pseudopanax crassifolius | Lancewood or Horoeka | |
| Pseudopanax edgerleyi | Raukawa | |
| Pseudopanax simplex | Three finger | |
| Pseudopanax sp. aff. colensoi | Mountain Fivefinger or Orihou | |
| Pseudowintera colorata | Pepperwood or Horopito | |
| Psilotaceae tmesipteris spp | Fork fern | |
| Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken | |
| Pterostylis australis | ||
| Pteridium esculentum | Bracken or Rarauhe | |
| Pucinellia sp | ||
| Pyrrosia serpens | Leather-leaved fern | |
| * | Quercus robur | Oak |
| * | Ranunculus repens | Creeping buttercup |
| Raukawa anomalus | Shrub | |
| Raukawa edgerleyii | ||
| Raukawa simplex | ||
| * | Rhododendron spp. | Rhododendron |
| * | Ribes sanguineum | Flowering currant |
| Ripogonum scandens | Supplejack or Kareao | |
| Rorippa microphylla | Watercress | |
| * | Rosa rubiginosa | Sweet briar |
| Rubus australis | Bush lawyer | |
| Rubus cissoides | Bush lawyer or Tataramoa | |
| * | Rubus fruticosus | Blackberry |
| * | Rubus laciniatus | Blackberry – cut leaved |
| Rubus schmidelioides | Bush lawyer | |
| * | Rumex acetosella | Sorrel |
| * | Rumex crispus | Curled dock |
| Rumex neglectus | ||
| * | Rumex obtusifolius | Broad-leaved dock |
| Ruophra adiantiformis | Climbing shield Fern | |
| Rumohra adiantiformus | ||
| Rumohra hispida | Hairy fern | |
| Salicornia australis | Chicken claw | |
| * | Salix spp. | Weeping willow |
| * | Salix caprea | Pussy wilow |
| Salix cinerea | Grey willow | |
| * | Salix fragilis | Crack Willow |
| * | Sambucus nigra | Elderberry |
| Samolus repens | Creeping Brookweed | |
| Schedonorus phoenix | Tall fescue | |
| Schefflera digitata | Seven finger or Pate | |
| Schezeilema trifoliolatum | Herb | |
| Schoenus maschalinus | ||
| Schoenus nitens | Shiny bog-sedge | |
| Scirpus nodosus | Sedge | |
| Scirpus sp. | Bulrush | |
| * | Sedum acre | Goldmoss stonecrop |
| Selliera radicans | Selleria | |
| Senecio biserratus | Jagged fireweed | |
| Senecio glomeratus | ||
| * | Senecio jacobaea | Ragwort |
| Senecio mikanioides | Ragwort | |
| Senecio minimus | Groundsel | |
| Senecio wairauensis | Mountain fireweed | |
| * | Solanum dulcamara | Bittersweet |
| Solanum laciniatum | Poroporo | |
| Solanum nigrum | Black nightshade | |
| * | Sonchus asper | Prickly sow thistle |
| Sonchus kirkii | Shore puha | |
| * | Sonchus oleraceus | Sow thistle |
| Sophora microphylla | Kowhai | |
| * | Sorbus acuparia | Rowan |
| * | Spartina sp | |
| * | Spergula arvensis | |
| Stellaria gracilenta | Small chickweed | |
| * | Stellaria graminea | Stitchwort |
| * | Stellaria media | Chickweed |
| Stellaria parviflora | Dicot Herb | |
| Suaeda novae-zelandiae | Sea blite | |
| * | Taraxicum officinale | Dandelion |
| * | Taxus baccata | Yew |
| * | Teline mospessulana | Montpellier broom |
| Tetragonia trigyna | Kokihi Beach Spinach, NZ spinach plant | |
| Thelymitra longifolia | ||
| Tillaea moschata | Vascular Plant | |
| Tmsipteris elongata | ||
| Tradescantia fluminensis | Wandering Willy | |
| Trichomanes venosum | Veined bristle fern, filmy fern | |
| * | Trifolium repens | White clover |
| * | Trifolium pratense | Red clover |
| Triglochin striatum | ||
| * | Tropaeololum speciosum | Chilean flame flower |
| Tupeia antarctica | Mistletoe | |
| * | Ulex europaeus | Gorse |
| Uncinia clavata | Hook grass | |
| Uncinia uncinata | Hook grass | |
| Urtica incisa | Urtica incisa | |
| Uritca urens | Nettle | |
| * | Vicia sativa | Vetch |
| Vinca major | Periwinkle | |
| Viola cunninghamii | Violet | |
| Weinmannia racemosa | Kamahi |
