Appendix 3 - Significant Plant Species Found in Te Urewera
(W. B. Shaw, 1986)
Rare plants found in Te Urewera National Park
- Clianthus maximus (kowhai ngutu-kaka)
- Tupeia antaretica (mistletoe)
- Myosotis petiolata var. pottisiana (native forget-me-not)
- M.Saxosa (incl. M. amabilis) (native forget-me-not)
- Peraxilla colensoi (korukou)
- P. tetrapetala, Alepis flavida (mistletoes)
- Urtica linearifolia (creeping nettle)
- Dactylamthus taylorii
Plants that Reach a Distributional Limit in Te Urewera National Park
- Bulbinella hookeri (Maori Onion) northern limit
- Brachyglottis lagopus (native daisy) northern limit
- Coprosma aspthulata (hukihuki) northern limit
- Epacris alpina (nehenehe) southern limit
- Libocedrus plumosa (kawaka) eastern limit
Plants with a Very Localised Distribution in Te Urewera National Park
(i.e. restricted to one or a few small colonies and therefore vulnerable to local extinction)
- Anisotime aromatica (kopoti)
- Asplenium trichomanes (maidenhair spleenwort)
- Baumea huttonii (native sedge)
- Brachyglottis laopus (native daisy)
- B. rotundifolia var. (Senecio eleagnifolius) (Shrub daisy)
- B. sp. (Senecio kirkii s.s.) (kahurangi)
- Carmichaelia odorata (B.sp.) (Senecio kirkii s.s.)
- Celmisia gracilenta (native daisy)
- C. spectabilis var. Spectabilis x Olearia arborescens (hybrid daisy)
- Cheilanthes sieberi (slender rock-fern)
- Corprosma depressa (creeping coprosma)
- Coriaria arborea x C. kingiana (tutu)
- Corokia cotoneaster (korokio)
- Dichondra sp. (unnamed sp. C.f. D. brevifolia) (discondra)
- Doodia media subsp. Australis (pukupuku)
- Epacris alpina (nehenehe)
- Ileostylus micrantha (pirita)
- Libertia ixioides (native iris)
- Libocedrus plumsode (kawaka)
- Myosotis petiolata var. pottisiana (native forget-me-not)
- M. Saxosa (incl. M. amabilis) (native forget-me-not)
- M. venosa (native forget-me-not)
- Olearia capillaris (shrub daisy)
- O. ilicifolia (hakeke, kakekehe, kotaratura)
- O. arborescens x O. capillaris (hybrid daisy)
- O. arborescens x O. ilicifolia (hybrid daisy)
- Orthoceras strictum (ikaika)
- Pelargonium inodorum (kopata)
- Peperomia urvilleana
- Peraxilla colensoi (korukou)
- P. tetrapetala (pirirangi)
- Pilularia novae-zelandiae
- Ranunculus insignis (korikori)
- Ranunculus sp. (unnamed) (kopukupuku)
- Rorippa palustris (marsh cress)
- Rumex flexuosus (runa)
- Schizaea sp. (c.f S. australis and S. fistulosa) (comb fern)
- Scipus nodosus (club edge)
- Triglochin striatum (arrow grass)
- Tupeia antartica (kouorangi)
- Uncina divaricata (matau) (hooked sedge)
- Urtica linearifolia (creeping nettle)
This checklist should be considered a working list, i.e. it is not fixed and immutable. As further information comes to hand some species may be deleted from the list while others may be added.
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