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Cardamine intonsaObserver
caqalaiDescription
Very uncommon due to stock browse. Growing under rock overhangs on a rocky hilltop Bowenvale Reserve Port Hills. This entity is part of a large aggregate. It has hairy siliques.
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Nursery Bittercress (Cardamine occulta)Observer
bunnies_hopDescription
I found this growing wild in a swan plant pot but it is definitely not a swan plant
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Common Sneezeweed (Centipeda cunninghamii)Observer
alice_shanksDescription
High Lake levels over past two years have receded leaving behind the perfect clean mud surface for sneezeweed to colonise.
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Olearia politaObserver
ofo33Description
Plants growing outside DOC’s fenced off area to protect from pigs. Many plants observed in our NELSON Forests area close to fence where we are playing an active role to eradicate gorse, broom, blackberry and Spanish heath to allow the regenerating natives to flourish. Picture is of an Olearia polita ( small leaved tree daisy) to left with a small leaved coprosma to right. Site is Blair Athol gully. Present were 2 DOC staff and 3 from NFL
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Megadromus gueriniiObserver
ecomanDescription
Under wooden disc. Paternal caring of eggs
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Genus EnterographaObserver
pjd1Description
Saxicolous on shaded sides of Chatham Schist outcrops in coastal site. Locally common. Thallus when fresh silvery grey - images fresh by Peter J. de Lange, close ups by Campbell James. Ascospores ascospores (1-)3 septate, 40 x 7 um. Is this Enterographa subgelatinosa?
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Human (Homo sapiens)Observer
tangatawhenuaDescription
As suggested by @pjd1 I have done this posting for the Hominid arrayed in poroporo-coloured plumage.
I would have used Homo sapien but I defer to your expertise and have used Hominid - a word I did not know until now.
Often spotted by Pseudopanax crassifolius × P. lessonii which must be the favourite.
Not too sure if that leaf is a mirror leaf.
Seen running around then down into the pohutukawa crater.
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Veronica × unifloraObserver
david_lyttleDescription
Hebejeebie densifolia x Chionohebe thomsonii, (Veronica densifolia x Veronica thomsonii) hybrid, frequent plants growing in exposed cushion field, sheep graveyard.
Flowers are intermediate in size between the two parental species; plant is a compact cushion with foliage resembling V. densiflora
Two different plants illustrated
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Longleaf Wattle Gall Wasp (Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae)Observer
jon_sullivanDescription
Galls on Acacia. Insect or pathogen?
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Mountain Daisies (Genus Celmisia)Observer
reinderwDescription
C. verbascifolia x spectabilis
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Violets (Genus Viola)Observer
rowan_hindmarsh_wallsDescription
Viola aff. cunninghamii, another limestone endemic entity from the South Marlborough area. Scattered on limestone outcrops and scree
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Myosotis saxatilisObserver
alice_shanksDescription
Two plants sighted on exposed rock outcrop.
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Powder-tipped Shadow Lichen (Phaeophyscia adiastola)Observer
marleyiDescription
Local, saxicolous on limestone boulders. Sorediate on margins - terminal.
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Short Wallaby Grass (Rytidosperma carphoides)Observer
fordkDescription
Small dense tufts in mixed native/exotic grassland; just starting to flower. Growing on rocky ground amongst Vulpia bromoides, Bromus hordaceaus & Sedum acre. Seems to be uncommon but early in the season. 20 yrs since first collected at this site by Hugh Wilson. This grass is now considered to be R. carphoides.
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Short Wallaby Grass (Rytidosperma carphoides)Observer
caqalaiDescription
A small wallaby grass with short awns.
See https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/07551263-73c2-41d2-9a7e-686c59432da8 and https://keys.landcareresearch.co.nz/nzgrasses/key/nzgrass/Media/Images/Rytidosperma-geniculatum02.jpg
Hard to quatify its presence as there are a number of somewhat similar rytidosperma sps. present in the area.
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New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae ssp. novaeseelandiae)Observer
jon_sullivanDescription
The plums in the city gardens have just started to ripen up, and I'm seeing kererū more often in the neighbourhood. Coincidence? I don't think so.
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Pepperwort (Lepidium hyssopifolium)Observer
melissa_hutchisonDescription
In semi-shade next to track around Ōtākaro/Heathcote River estuary.
Pubescent stems. Minute teeth on leaves.
Shown to me by William Reinders. Same as https://inaturalist.nz/observations/125878581
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New Zealand Pygmyweed (Crassula helmsii)Observer
meurkcDescription
some query about this earlier (http://naturewatch.org.nz/observations/2632315 ); periodic wet turf with exotic rushes; only couple of flowers seen
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Leptinella (Leptinella squalida)Observer
greenepDescription
Is this squalida?
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Liverworts (Phylum Marchantiophyta)Observer
david_lyttleDescription
liverwort, occasional patches growing in shelter of other vegetation
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Birdsfoot Fenugreek (Trifolium ornithopodioides)Observer
alice_shanksDescription
Growing in roadside gravel with T. striatum, T dubium, T. tormentosum, T. suffocatum, T. glomeratum, T. arvense
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Mountain Ribbonwood (Hoheria glabrata)Observer
peter_sweetappleDescription
Common in clearings in montane silver beech
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Clematis and Leatherflowers (Genus Clematis)Observer
jeantompkinsDescription
Either quad or marata. Check in spring
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Carex Sect. Spirostachyae (Section Spirostachyae)Observer
meurkcDescription
water race bank, plano-convex lead
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Stereocaulon argusObserver
heidimeudtDescription
2023 Strannik Auckland Island Expedition
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Little Mouse-Ear (Cerastium semidecandrum)Observer
meurkcDescription
dry plains grassland; with Muehlenbeckia axillaris
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Common Crystalwort (Riccia sorocarpa)Observer
rubeculaDescription
The liverwort
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david_lyttleDescription
Ranunculus cheesemanii, flowering plants growing in an alpine bog
This is what I think it is mainly by a process of eliminating everything else Note: the long hairs fringing the edge of the leaves
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david_lyttleDescription
Ranunculus, unidentified species with large flowers, glabrous, growing in alpine bog,
I am calling this Ranunculus cheesemanii because I have not got any better ideas
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mark_parkerDescription
Almost certain this is correct identification but ideally needs a voucher specimen collected as this is a species not recorded from Banks Peninsula before.
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Colobanthus affinisObserver
marleyiDescription
Seen in puddle on exposed summit. Looks like Colobanthus 'kopeka' in Hugh's flora.
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chrismorseDescription
Growing on gorse. Large proportion of the low growing Kunzea in vicinity also have the mistletoe. Amongst north facing bluffs at 580m altitude
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Dewplants (Genus Lampranthus)Observer
alice_shanksDescription
A vivid display of naturalised dew plants from planted specimens.
How can Muehlenbeckia ephredroides compete for attention?
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Colobanthus masonaeObserver
chriseDescription
On rock outcrop well above the bushline. Note flowers have 5 sepals not 4.
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graemeureDescription
I think, wrong time of year but that might be explained by the overly wet summer: underwater until recently
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davidglennyDescription
Epiphyte on Carmichaelia australis in Hoheria glabra / Chionochloa pallens treeland on hillslope.
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Blanket Fern (Asplenium subglandulosum)Observer
sarah_richardsonDescription
Growing on a short limestone ledge close to the DOC sign at the entrance to Sawcut Gorge reserve.
