List of trees native to New Zealand
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New Zealand's long geological isolation means that most of its flora is unique. There are a wide variety of native trees, adapted to all the various micro-climates in New Zealand. The native bush (forest) ranges from the temperate rainforests of the West Coast, the alpine forests of the Southern Alps and Fiordland to the coastal forests of the Abel Tasman National Park and the Catlins.
In the early period of British colonisation, many New Zealand trees were known by names derived from the names of unrelated European trees, but more recently the trend has been to adopt the native Māori language names into English. For a listing in order of Māori name, with species and family names for most, see the Rārangi rākau list in Wikipedia Māori.
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[edit] List of species:
[edit] Pteridophyta (ferns)
- Cyatheaceae & Dicksoniaceae (tree fern families)
- Ponga or Silver Fern, Cyathea dealbata
- Mamaku Cyathea medullaris
- Tuokuro Dicksonia lanata
- Kuripaka or Wheki-ponga Dicksonia fibrosa
- New Zealand Tree Fern or Wheki, Dicksonia squarrosa
[edit] Pinophyta (conifers)
- Araucariaceae (kauri family)
- Kauri Agathis australis
- Podocarpaceae (yellow-wood family)
- Kahikatea Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (formerly Podocarpus)
- Manoao Lagarostrobos colensoi (syn. Manoao colensoi)
- Matai Prumnopitys taxifolia
- Miro Prumnopitys ferruginea
- Mountain Toatoa Phyllocladus alpinus
- Rimu Dacrydium cupressinum
- Tanekaha Phyllocladus trichomanoides
- Totara Podocarpus totara
- Toatoa Phyllocladus toatoa
- Cupressaceae (cypress family)
[edit] Magnoliophyta (broadleaf trees)
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- Akeake
- Bukkae Tree
- Cabbage Tree Cordyline australis
- Five finger
- Hinau
- Kaka Beak Clianthus puniceus
- Kawakawa Macropiper excelsum
- Kamahi Weinmannia racemosa
- Kanuka Kunzea ericoides
- Kapuka Griselinea littoralis
- Karaka Corynocarpus laevigatus
- Kohekohe Dysoxylum spectabile
- Kotukutuku Fuchsia excorticata
- Kowhai Sophora tetraptera, S. microphylla
- Lancewood Pseudopanax crassifolius, P. ferox
- Manuka
- Mahoe Melicytus ramiflorus
- Maire Syzygium maire
- Matagouri
- Nikau Rhopalostylis sapida
- Pittosporum Pittosporum spp.
- Pōhutukawa Metrosideros excelsa
- Puka Meryta sinclairii
- Puriri Vitex lucens
- Rata Metrosideros robusta (Northern Rata), M. umbellata (Southern Rata)
- Rewarewa Knightia excelsa
- Taraire Beilschmiedia tarairi
- Tawa Beilschmiedia tawa
- Titoki Alectryon excelsus
- Whau Entelea aborescens (Corkwood)
