Talbot Forest Scenic Reserve covers approximately 26 hectares at the western edge of Geraldine South Canterbury.
It supports more than 90 indigenous vascular plant species, including one at-risk (declining) species (Brachyglottis sciadophila) and a significant number of locally-uncommon species. It has a very high plant species diversity for indigenous forest in eastern South Canterbury.
The reserve has been surveyed twice in 1971 (G Kelly) and more recently in 2012 (M Harding).
A list of indigenous plant species (including naturalised indigenous species) can be seen below.
* = indigenous species that appear to have become naturalised at the Reserve
|
Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Notes/Distribution |
|---|---|---|
|
Acaena anserinifolia |
bidibid |
forest and track edges |
|
Anemanthele lessoniana* |
gossamer grass |
one plant: NW corner (naturalized native) |
|
Aristotelia serrata |
wineberry |
damper sites: throughout |
|
Asplenium appendiculatum |
|
throughout |
|
Asplenium bulbiferum |
hen and chickens fern |
uncommon, possibly only hybrids |
|
Asplenium flabellifolium |
necklace fern |
forest and track edges |
|
Asplenium flaccidum |
hanging spleenwort |
uncommon (mostly hybrids) |
|
Asplenium gracillimum agg. |
|
abundant: throughout |
|
Asplenium x Asplenium |
hybrid asplenium |
several forms: throughout |
|
Asplenium hookerianum |
|
throughout |
|
Asplenium richardii |
|
uncommon: throughout |
|
Astelia fragrans |
bush lily |
throughout |
|
Australina pusilla |
|
southern terrace; track edges |
|
Blechnum chambersii |
|
rare: damp gullies |
|
Blechnum fluviatile |
|
throughout |
|
Blechnum membranaceum |
|
rare: gullies, first record from S. Canterbury |
|
Brachyglottis sciadophila |
|
rare: NW corner; track edges (at-risk species) |
|
Calystegia tuguriorum |
native convolvulus |
abundant: throughout |
|
Cardamine delilis agg. |
|
|
|
Carex forsteri |
sedge |
throughout |
|
Carex solandri |
sedge |
throughout |
|
Carpodetus serratus |
marbleleaf |
damper slopes |
|
Clematis foetida |
|
throughout |
|
Clematis paniculata |
clematis |
rare: southern terrace |
|
Coprosma areolata |
|
throughout |
|
Coprosma crassifolia |
|
throughout |
|
Coprosma propinqua agg. |
mingimingi |
mostly at forest edges |
|
Coprosma pro x rob |
|
throughout |
|
Coprosma rhamnoides |
|
uncommon |
|
Coprosma robusta* |
karamu |
occasional: throughout (naturalized native) |
|
Coprosma rotundifolia |
|
throughout |
|
Coprosma rubra |
|
rare: southern terrace |
|
Cordyline australis |
ti/cabbage tree |
throughout |
|
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides |
kahikatea |
older forest throughout |
|
Elaeocarpus hookerianus |
pokaka |
older forest throughout |
|
Euchiton audax |
creeping cudweed |
forest edges |
|
Fuchsia excorticata |
fuchsia |
throughout |
|
Fuchsia exc x per |
hybrid fuchsia |
throughout |
|
Fuchsia perscandens |
scrambling fuchsia |
throughout |
|
Griselinia littoralis |
broadleaf |
throughout |
|
Haloragis erecta |
toatoa |
1971 only |
|
Hoheria angustifolia |
narrow-leaved lacebark |
older forest throughout |
|
Hoheria sexstylosa* |
lacebark |
naturalized from plantings |
|
Hydrocotyle heteromeria |
pennywort |
damper sites: throughout |
|
Hydrocotyle moschata |
hairy pennywort |
throughout |
|
Hydrocotyle novae-zelandiae |
pennywort |
throughout |
|
Hypolepis ambigua |
|
throughout |
|
Hypolepis millefolium |
thousand-leaved fern |
1971 only (may be H. rufobarbata?) |
|
Hypolepis rufobarbata |
|
rare: southern terrace |
|
Ileostylis micranthus |
mistletoe |
occasional: throughout |
|
Juncus edgariae |
|
damper sites |
|
Korthalsella lindsayi |
dwarf mistletoe |
rare: southern reserve margin |
|
Lastreopsis glabella agg. |
|
throughout |
|
Lemna minor |
|
1971 only |
|
Libertia ixioides |
|
occasional: throughout |
|
Lophomyrtus obcordata |
rohutu |
throughout |
|
Melicope simplex |
poataniwha |
throughout |
|
Melicytus micranthus |
shrubby mahoe |
older forest throughout |
|
Melicytus ramiflorus agg. |
mahoe |
throughout |
|
Melicytus ram x mic |
hybrid mahoe |
older forest throughout |
|
Metrosideros diffusa |
white climbing rata |
throughout |
|
Microlaena avenacea |
bush rice grass |
southern terrace; track edges |
|
Microsorum pustulatum |
hound’s tongue fern |
throughout |
|
Muehlenbeckia australis agg. |
pohuehue |
abundant: throughout |
|
Muehlenbeckia complexa agg. |
scrub pohuehue |
occasional throughout |
|
Myrsine australis |
mapou |
throughout |
|
Myrsine divaricata agg. |
weeping mapou |
rare: southern terrace |
|
Nematoceras trilobum agg. |
spider orchid |
rare: southern terrace |
|
Parsonsia capsularis |
native jasmine |
1971 only (may be P. heterophylla?) |
|
Parsonsia heterophylla |
native jasmine |
throughout |
|
Pellaea rotundifolia |
button fern |
throughout |
|
Pennantia corymbosa |
kaikomako |
older forest |
|
Pittosporum eugenioides |
tarata/lemonwood |
throughout |
|
Pittosporum tenuifolium |
matipo |
throughout |
|
Podocarpus totara |
totara |
throughout |
|
Polystichum neozelandicum |
common shield fern |
throughout |
|
Polystichum vestitum agg. |
prickly shield fern |
throughout |
|
Prumnopitys taxifolia |
matai |
throughout |
|
Pseudopanax arboreus |
five-finger |
throughout |
|
Pseudopanax crassifolius |
lancewood |
uncommon |
|
Pseudowintera colorata |
horopito |
occasional: throughout |
|
Pteridium esculentum |
bracken |
mostly at forest edges |
|
Pterostylis graminea |
orchid |
1971 only |
|
Pyrrosia eleagnifolia |
leather-leaf fern |
rare: forest canopy |
|
Ripogonum scandens |
supplejack |
throughout |
|
Rubus cissoides agg. |
bush lawyer |
throughout |
|
Rubus schmidelioides |
lawyer |
occasional: throughout |
|
Rubus squarrosus |
leafless lawyer |
throughout |
|
Schefflera digitata |
pate |
throughout |
|
Senecio glomeratus agg. |
|
forest edges |
|
Solanum laciniatum |
poroporo |
forest edges |
|
Sophora microphylla |
kowhai |
throughout |
|
Stellaria parviflora |
|
track edges |
|
Streblus heterophyllus |
turepo |
abundant: throughout |
|
Uncinia uncinata |
hookgrass |
throughout |
|
Urtica incisa |
nettle |
throughout |