New Zealand Plants

This section of the website details New Zealand plants, shrubs, trees, and ferns that I have been seen and been able to identify with some certainty, (and frequently with help from Tony Foster at www.bushmansfriend.co.nz).

I am not a trained botanist, but my interests encompass both New Zealand plants and photography; and here they coincide at an enthusiast's rather than expert level of skill.

My basic references for botanical names are the official NZ Flora online site, and the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Many of these names have been changed since publication of the Flora, and where I know of this I shall provide both names.)

Plant names

Clicking on a plant name will take you to a page providing photographs and other information for identification purposes. Most pages link to the online NZ Flora page for that species for further information.

Plant names

A

Adiantum cunninghamii

Adiantum hispidulum

Akeake

Alseuosmia macrophylla

Anarthropteris lanceolata

Aristotelia racemosa

Aristotelia serrata

B

Blechnum capense

Blechnum fraseri

Blechnum novae zelandiae

Bower Spinach

Brachyglottis repanda

Bushman's Toilet Paper

Button Fern

C

Carmichaelia acuminata

Carmichaelia aligera

Carmichaelia arenaria

Carmichaelia australis

Carmichaelia corymbosa

Carmichaelia cunninghamii

Carmichaelia egmontiana

Carmichaelia flagelliformis

Carmichaelia hooker i

Carmichaelia micranthus

Carmichaelia multicaule

Carmichaelia ovata

Carmichaelia paludosa

Carmichaelia rivulata

Carmichaelia robusta

Carmichaelia silvatica

Carmichaelia solandri

Carmichaelia stricta

Carmichaelia subulata

Carmichaelia stricta

Carpodetus serratus

Cassinia leptophylla

Coarse Maidenhair

Common Maidenhair

Compositae/Asteraceae (Key)
(NZ Flora)

Coprosma (Key)
(NZ Flora)

Coprosma areolata

Coprosma australis

Coprosma grandifolia

Coprosma parviflora

Corokia buddleioides

Corokia cotoneaster

Cunningham's Maidenhair

Cyathodes fasciculata

D

Dodonaea viscosa

Drynaria scandens

E

Entelea arborescens

F

Fragrant Fern

G

Geniostoma ligustrifolium

H

Hangehange

Hauama

Hoheria populnea

Horokio

Hound's Tongue Fern

Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum

I

J

K

Kahikatoa

Kaihua

Kaiweta

Kanono

Karaeo

Karapapa

Kawakawa

Kidney Fern

Kiokio

Kohia

Kokihi Beach Spinach

Konehu

Kopakopa

Korokia taranga

Korokio (Blechnum)

Korokio (Corokia)

Koropui

Kowaowao

L

Lacebark

Lance Fern

Leather-Leaf Fern

Leptospermum scoparium

Leucopogon fasciculatus

Lophomyrtus obcordata

Loxogramme dictyopteris

M

Macropiper excelsum

Mahoe

Makaka

Makomako

Manuka

Mapau

Mapou

Matipo

Maukoro

Maukurangi

Melicope ternata

Melicytus ramiflorus

Microsorum pustulatum

Microsorum scandens

Microsorum scolopendria

Mingmingi (Leucopogon fasciculata)

Mingimingi (Cyathodes fasciculata)

Miniature Tree Fern

Mokimoki

Mokomoko

Mousehole Tree

Muehlenbeckia complexa

Myoporum laetum

Myrsine australis

N

New Zealand Broom

New Zealand Currant

New Zealand Jasmine

New Zealand Passionflower

New Zealand Pepper Tree

New Zealand Spinach (T. implexicoma)

Ngaio

Ngarara Wehi

O

Ozothamnus leptophyllus

P

Palm Leaf Fern

Paraharaha

Parsonsia heterophylla

Passiflora tetrandra

Pellaea rotundifolia

Peperomia urvilleana

Phymatodes scandens

Phymatosorus scandens

Piupiu

Pohuehue (Coastal)

Polypodium scandens

Puhinui

Punaweta

Puriri

Putaputaweta

Pyrrosia eleagnifolia

Q

R

Rangiora

Raurekau

Raurenga

Ribbonwood

Ripogonum scandens

Rough Maidenhair

Rohutu

Rosy Maidenhair

S

Sticherus cunninghamii

Supplejack

T

Tainoka

Tapuwae Kotuku

Tarawera

Tauhinu (Cassinia/Ozothamnus)

Tawao

Tetragonia implexicoma

Tetrapathaea tetrandra

Toropapa

Trichomanes reniforme

Tupari

U

Umbrella Fern

Uruuru whenua

V

Vitex lucens

W

Waekura

Wharangi

Wharanui

Whare-Ngarara

Whau

Wineberry

X

Y

Z

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