Talbot Forest Scenic Reserve plant list
Introduction
View the list of indigenous plants found in the Talbot Forest Scenic Reserve.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 |