New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

's long geological isolation means that most of its flora is unique, with many durable

hard wood Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests. In temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen. Hardwood (which comes ...

s. There is a wide variety of native

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only ...

s, adapted to all the various micro-

climate Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteoro ...

s in New Zealand. The native bush (

forest A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological community, community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, ...

) ranges from the

subtropical The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones immediately to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Ge ...

kauri ''Agathis'', commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees, native to Australasia and Southeast Asia. It is one of three extant genera in the family Araucariaceae, alongside '' Wollemia'' and ''Araucaria'' (being ...

forests of the northern

North Island The North Island ( , 'the fish of Māui', historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of , it is the List ...

temperate In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of the Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ran ...

rainforest Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree Canopy (biology), canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforests can be generally classified as tropi ...

s of the

West Coast West Coast or west coast may refer to: Geography Australia * Western Australia * West Coast of South Australia * West Coast, Tasmania **West Coast Council, a local government area **West Coast Range, mountain range in the region Canada * Britis ...

, the alpine forests of the

Southern Alps The Southern Alps (; officially Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana) are a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand, New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the range's western side. The n ...

and

Fiordland Fiordland (, "The Pit of Tattooing", and also translated as "the Shadowlands"), is a non-administrative geographical region of New Zealand in the south-western corner of the South Island, comprising the western third of Southland. Most of F ...

to the coastal forests of the

Abel Tasman National Park Abel Tasman National Park is a national park at the north end of New Zealand's South Island. It covers of land between Golden Bay / Mohua and Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, making it the smallest of National parks of New Zealand, New Zealand's ...

and

the Catlins The Catlins (sometimes referred to as The Catlins Coast) comprise an area in the southeastern corner of the South Island of New Zealand. The area lies between Balclutha, New Zealand, Balclutha and Invercargill, straddling the boundary between ...

. 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 Māori (; endonym: 'the Māori language', commonly shortened to ) is an Eastern Polynesian languages, Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. The southernmost membe ...

names into English. For a listing in order of Māori name, with species names for most, see the ''Flora of New Zealand'' list o
vernacular names
The

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network (NZPCN) is a non-governmental organisation devoted to the protection and restoration of New Zealand's indigenous plant life, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts and lichens. Descr ...

has published a list of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants including all 574 native trees and shrubs.NZPCN (2006). ''New Zealand indigenous vascular plant checklist''. . Written by Peter de Lange, John W.D. Sawyer and J.R. Rolfe. This list also identifies which trees are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to New Zealand and which are threatened with extinction.

Species

Pteridophyta A pteridophyte is a vascular plant (with xylem and phloem) that reproduces by means of spores. Because pteridophytes produce neither flowers nor seeds, they are sometimes referred to as " cryptogams", meaning that their means of reproduction is h ...
(ferns)

Cyatheaceae The Cyatheaceae are a family of ferns, the scaly tree ferns, one of eight families in the order Cyatheales in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the family may defined much more broadly (Cyatheaceae ...

tree fern Tree ferns are arborescent (tree-like) ferns that grow with a trunk (botany), trunk elevating the fronds above ground level, making them trees. Many extant tree ferns are members of the order Cyatheales, to which belong the families Cyatheaceae ( ...

family) ** Gully tree fern ''Alsophila cunninghamii'' **

Mamaku Mamaku may refer to: *''Sphaeropteris medullaris'', a species of tree fern commonly known as mamaku * Mamaku, New Zealand, a village *Mamaku Ranges The Mamaku Ranges are a mountain range in the North Island of New Zealand. Located to the west of ...

''Sphaeropteris medullaris'' ** Mountain tree fern ''Alsophila colensoi'' **

Silver fern ''Alsophila tricolor'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Cyathea dealbata'', commonly known as the silver fern or silver tree-fern, or as ponga or punga (from Māori language, Māori or ),The Māori word , pronounced , has been borrowed into Ne ...

or ponga, ''Alsophila tricolor'' **

Soft tree fern ''Dicksonia antarctica'', the soft tree fern, Tasmanian Tree Fern or man fern, is a species of evergreen tree fern native to eastern Australia, ranging from south-east Queensland, coastal New South Wales and Victoria to Tasmania. Anatomy and ...

''Alsophila smithii'' *

Dicksoniaceae Dicksoniaceae is a group of tropical, subtropical and warm temperate ferns, treated as a family in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), and counting 30-40 species. Alternatively, the family may be sunk into a very broa ...

family) **

Kuripaka ''Dicksonia fibrosa'', the golden tree fern, , , or (in Māori) is a species of medium-sized tree fern native to New Zealand. Etymology and taxonomy Colenso in Hooker, ''Sp. Fil.'' 1, 68 (1844) was originally collected by Colenso, but was i ...

or whekī-ponga ''Dicksonia fibrosa'' ** New Zealand tree fern or whekī, ''Dicksonia squarrosa'' ** Tūākura ''Dicksonia lanata''

Pinophyta Conifers () are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All ...
(conifers)

Araucariaceae Araucariaceae is a Family (biology), family of conifers with three living Genus, genera, ''Araucaria'', ''Agathis'', and ''Wollemia''. While the family's native distribution is now largely confined to the Southern Hemisphere, except for a few spe ...

(kauri family) **

Kauri ''Agathis'', commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees, native to Australasia and Southeast Asia. It is one of three extant genera in the family Araucariaceae, alongside '' Wollemia'' and ''Araucaria'' (being ...

''Agathis australis'' *

Cupressaceae Cupressaceae or the cypress family is a family of conifers. The family includes 27–30 genera (17 monotypic), which include the junipers and redwoods, with about 130–140 species in total. They are monoecious, subdioecious or (rarely) dioecio ...

(cypress family) ** Kawaka ''Libocedrus plumosa'' ** Pāhautea ''Libocedrus bidwillii'' *

Podocarpaceae Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly southern hemisphere conifers, known in English as podocarps, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs.James E. Eckenwalder. 2009. ''Conifers of the World''. Portland, Oregon: Timber Pres ...

(yellow-wood family) ** Hall's tōtara ''Podocarpus laetus'' **

Kahikatea ''Dacrycarpus dacrydioides'', commonly known as kahikatea (from Māori language, Māori) and white pine, is a Pinophyta, coniferous tree endemism, endemic to New Zealand. A Podocarpaceae, podocarp, it is New Zealand's tallest tree, gaining hei ...

''Dacrycarpus dacrydioides'' (formerly ''Podocarpus'') **

Manoao ''Manoao'' ( ) is a monotypic genus in the family ''Podocarpaceae.'' The single species, ''M. colensoi'', commonly known as manoao (from Māori), silver pine, Westland pine, or white silver pine, is endemic to New Zealand. Before 1996 it was ...

''Manoao colensoi'' **

Mataī ''Prumnopitys taxifolia'', the mataī () or black pine, is an endemic New Zealand coniferous tree that grows on the North Island and South Island. It also occurs on Stewart Island / Rakiura (47 °S) but is uncommon there. It grows up to high ...

''Prumnopitys taxifolia'' **

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''Prumnopitys ferruginea'' ** Monoao ''Halocarpus kirkii'' **

Mountain pine ''Pinus mugo'', known as dwarf mountain pine, mountain pine, scrub mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine, bog pine, creeping pine, or mugo pine, is a species of conifer, native to high elevation habitats from southwestern to Central Europe and So ...

''Halocarpus bidwillii'' ** Mountain toatoa ''Phyllocladus alpinus'' ** Mountain tōtara ''Podocarpus nivalis'' ** Needle-leaved tōtara ''Podocarpus acutifolius'' ** Pygmy pine ''Lepidothamnus laxifolius'' **

Rimu ''Dacrydium cupressinum'', commonly known as rimu, is a species of tree in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a dioecious evergreen conifer, reaching heights of up to , and can have a stout trunk (botany), trunk up to in diameter. It is endemis ...

''Dacrydium cupressinum'' **

Tānekaha ''Phyllocladus trichomanoides'', commonly known as the tānekaha or celery pine, is a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand. Description Tānekaha is a medium-sized forest tree growing up to in height and 1 m trunk diameter. The main stru ...

''Phyllocladus trichomanoides'' ** Toatoa ''Phyllocladus toatoa'' (formerly ''Phyllocladus glaucus'') **

Tōtara ''Podocarpus totara'' (), commonly known as the , is a species of Podocarpus, podocarp tree endemism, endemic to New Zealand. It grows throughout the North Island, South Island and rarely on Stewart Island, Stewart Island / Rakiura in lowland, ...

''Podocarpus totara'' **

Yellow pine In ecology and forestry, yellow pine refers to a number of conifer species that tend to grow in similar plant communities and yield similar strong wood. In the Western United States, yellow pine refers to Jeffrey pine or ponderosa pine. In the S ...

''Halocarpus biformis'' ** Yellow silver pine ''Lepidothamnus intermedius''

Angiosperms Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. T ...
(flowering plants)

Akeake Akeake is the name of at least three New Zealand species of tree: *''Dodonaea viscosa'', akeake *''Olearia avicenniifolia'', mountain akeake or tree daisy *''Olearia traversiorum ''Olearia traversiorum'', the Chatham Island akeake, or Chatham ...

''Dodonaea viscosa'' *''

Beilschmiedia ''Beilschmiedia'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in family Lauraceae. Most of its species grow in tropical climates, but a few of them are native to temperate regions, and they are widespread in tropical Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, New Z ...

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Taraire ''Taraire'' is a small genus of Polynesian long-jawed orb-weavers. The genus was first described by A. Álvarez-Padilla, R. J. Kallal and Gustavo Hormiga in 2020, and it has only been found in New Zealand. They build vertical orb webs near for ...

''Beilschmiedia tarairi'' ** Tawa ''Beilschmiedia tawa'' ** tawaroa ''Beilschmiedia tawaroa'' *

Coprosma ''Coprosma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Borneo, Java, New Guinea, islands of the Pacific Ocean to Australia and the Juan Fernández Islands. Description The name ''Copros ...

s ** Chatham Islands karamu ''Coprosma chathamica'' (Chatham Islands) **''

Coprosma acutifolia ''Coprosma acutifolia'', is a shrub that is native to New Zealand, found only on Raoul Island Raoul Island (''Sunday Island''; ) is the largest and northernmost of the main Kermadec Islands, south south-west of 'Ata Island of Tonga and no ...

'' (Kermadec Islands) **'' Coprosma ciliata'' **'' Coprosma dumosa'' ** ''Coprosma macrocarpa'' subsp. ''minor'' **'' Coprosma pedicellata'' ** Kanono ''Coprosma grandifolia'' **

Karamu Karamu or Karamū may refer to: * Karamu, New Zealand, a rural locality in the North Island of New Zealand * ''Coprosma robusta'', a tree known as karamū * ''Coprosma lucida'', a shrub sometimes called shining karamū * ''Coprosma macrocarpa'', a ...

''Coprosma lucida'' ** Large-seeded coprosma ''Coprosma macrocarpa'' subsp. ''macrocarpa'' ** Leafy coprosma ''Coprosma parviflora'' **

Mamangi ''Coprosma arborea'' is a species of tree found in New Zealand, traditionally known in Māori by the name mamangi. The flowers have insignificant petals and are wind pollinated, with long anthers and stigmas. The fruit is a non-poisonous juicy ...

''Coprosma arborea'' ** Mikimiki ''Coprosma linariifolia'' **

Taupata ''Coprosma repens'' is a species of flowering shrub or small tree of the genus ''Coprosma'', in the family Rubiaceae, native to New Zealand. Common names include taupata, tree bedstraw, mirror bush, looking-glass bush, New Zealand laurel and shi ...

''Coprosma petiolata'' (Kermadec Islands) **

''Coprosma repens'' **

Stinkwood Stinkwood, German ''Stinkholz'', French ''Bois Puant'', is the common name for a number of trees or shrubs which have wood or plant parts with an unpleasant odour, including: *'' Anagyris foetida''; Southern Europe *'' Bignonia callistegioides'' (c ...

''Coprosma foetidissima'' *

Cabbage trees Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of ''Brassica oleracea'', is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an Annual plant, annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. It is descended from the wild cabba ...

''Cordyline'' **

Cabbage tree Cabbage tree is a common name for several plant species: * '' Andira inermis'', native to Central and South America * Various members of the genus ''Cordyline'' native to New Zealand. **''Cordyline australis'' (Cabbage tree) **''Cordyline banksii'' ...

''Cordyline australis'' ** Dwarf cabbage tree ''Cordyline pumilio'' ** Forest cabbage tree ''Cordyline banksii'' ** Mountain cabbage tree ''Cordyline indivisa'' ** Three Kings cabbage tree ''Cordyline obtecta'' * Dracophyllum (dragon leaf) ** Chatham Island grass tree ''Dracophyllum arboreum'' (Chatham Islands) **''

Dracophyllum acerosum ''Dracophyllum acerosum'' is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to New Zealand's South Island. It was first described by Sven Berggren in 1877 and gets the specific epithet ''acerosum'', meaning needles shaped, for its leaves. In the heath ...

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Dracophyllum fiordense ''Dracophyllum fiordense'', commonly known as the Fiordland grass tree, is a species of tree or shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae. It is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It reaches a height of and has tufts of long green leaves ...

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Dracophyllum townsonii ''Dracophyllum townsonii'' is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to the north of New Zealand's South Island. It was first described by Thomas Cheeseman in 1906 and gets the specific epithet ''townsonii'' after the chemist and plant collect ...

'' ** Gumland grass tree ''Dracophyllum lessonianum'' ** Inaka / Inanga ''Dracophyllum longifolium'' ** Inanga ''Dracophyllum filifolium'' ** Mountain neinei ''Dracophyllum traversii'' ** Neinei ''Dracophyllum latifolium'' ** Slender dragon tree ''Dracophyllum elegantissimum'' ** Totorowhiti ''Dracophyllum strictum'' ** Variable inaka ''Dracophyllum trimorphum'' *

Elaeocarpus ''Elaeocarpus'' is a genus of nearly five hundred species of flowering plants in the family Elaeocarpaceae native to the Western Indian Ocean, Tropical and Subtropical Asia, and the Pacific. Plants in the genus ''Elaeocarpus'' are trees or shrub ...

Hīnau ''Elaeocarpus dentatus'', commonly known as hinau (), is a native lowland forest tree of New Zealand. Other names in Māori for the tree are , , and . A member of the family Elaeocarpaceae, it is found on both the North and South Islands of Ne ...

''Elaeocarpus dentatus'' ** Pōkākā ''Elaeocarpus hookerianus'' *

Griselinia ''Griselinia'' is a genus of seven species of shrubs and trees, with a highly disjunct distribution native to New Zealand and South America. It is a classic example of the Antarctic flora. It is the sole genus in the family Griseliniaceae. In the ...

** Akapuka ''Griselinia lucida'' ** Kapuka ''Griselinia littoralis'' * Horopito ** Lowland horopito ''Pseudowintera axillaris'' ** Mountain horopito ''Pseudowintera colorata'' ** Northland horopito ''Pseudowintera insperata'' ** Travers horopito ''Pseudowintera traversii'' *

Kaikōmako ''Pennantia corymbosa'', commonly known as kaikomako (from the Māori ), is a small dioecious tree endemic to New Zealand. Small, creamy flowers are produced between November and February, followed by a shiny black fruit in autumn. They are a ...

''Pennantia corymbosa'' *

Kaka beak ''Clianthus'', commonly known as kaka beak (''kōwhai ngutukākā'' in Māori), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, comprising two species of shrubs endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. They have striking cluste ...

''Clianthus puniceus'' * Kawakawa ''Macropiper excelsum'' *Kanuka ** Geothermal kanuka ''Kunzea ericoides'' var. ''microflora'' ** Great Barrier Island kanuka ''Kunzea sinclairii'' ** Kanuka ''Kunzea ericoides'' var. ''ericoides'' * Karaka ''Corynocarpus laevigatus'' *

Kohekohe Kohekohe (''Didymocheton spectabilis'') is a medium-sized tree in the Meliaceae family, native to New Zealand. It is found in lowland and coastal forests throughout most of the North Island and also occurs in the Marlborough Sounds in the no ...

''Dysoxylum spectabile'' * Koromiko ''Veronica salicifolia'' *

Kōtukutuku ''Fuchsia excorticata'', commonly known as tree fuchsia, New Zealand fuchsia and by its Māori name , is a New Zealand native tree belonging to the family Onagraceae. It is commonly found throughout New Zealand and as far south as the Auckland ...

''Fuchsia excorticata'' *

Kōwhai Kōwhai ( or ) are small woody legume trees within the genus '' Sophora'', in the family Fabaceae, that are native to New Zealand. There are eight species, with '' Sophora microphylla'' and '' Sophora tetraptera'' being large trees. Their natu ...

** Coastal kōwhai ''Sophora chathamica'' ** Godley's kōwhai ''Sophora godleyi'' ** Large-leaved kōwhai ''Sophora tetraptera'' ** Limestone kōwhai ''Sophora longicarinata'' ** Small-leaved kōwhai ''Sophora microphylla'' **''

Sophora fulvida ''Sophora fulvida'', the kōwhai or west coast kōwhai is one of 8 species of native ''Sophora'' or kōwhai in New Zealand and grows naturally around the Northland Region, Northland, Auckland and Waikato regions of New Zealand. Under the New Ze ...

'' * Lacebarks ** Lacebark ''Hoheria populnea'' ** Long-leaved lacebark ''Hoheria sexstylosa'' ** Mountain lacebark ''Hoheria glabrata'' ** Mountain lacebark ''Hoheria lyallii'' ** Narrow-leaved houhere ''Hoheria angustifolia'' ** Poor Knights houhere ''Hoheria equitum'' * Five finger ''Neopanax arboreus'' *

Pseudopanax ''Pseudopanax'' (Latin for "false ginseng") is a genus of seven species of evergreen plants that are endemic to New Zealand. Flowers of the genus occur in terminal umbels. Taxonomy A 2000 molecular study established that several species within ...

** Lancewood ''Pseudopanax crassifolius'' ** Toothed lancewood ''Pseudopanax ferox'' *Māhoe **

Māhoe Mahoe is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *'' Alectryon macrococcus'', or ʻalaʻalahua, a species of tree in the soapberry family endemic to Hawaii *''Hibiscus elatus'', synonym ''Talipariti elatum'', or blue mahoe, a species of t ...

''Melicytus ramiflorus'' ** Narrow-leaved māhoe ''Melicytus lanceolatus'' * Maire ''Nestegis'' ** Black maire ''Nestegis cunninghamii'' ** Coastal maire ''Nestegis apetala'' ** Narrow-leaved maire ''Nestegis montana'' ** White maire ''Nestegis lanceolata'' * Makomako ''Aristotelia serrata'' *

Mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen a ...

or Mānawa ''Avicennia marina'' * Manuka ''Leptospermum scoparium'' *

Matagouri ''Discaria toumatou'', commonly called matagouri, tūmatakuru, or wild Irishman, is a tangle-branched thorny shrub endemic to New Zealand. It is common throughout the South Island and is less common in the North Island. Taxonomy This species ...

''Discaria toumatou'' *

Matipo ''Myrsine'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Myrsinaceae before this was merged into the Primulaceae. It is found nearly worldwide, primarily in tropical and subtropical areas. It cont ...

**Black matipo, ''see Pittosporum tenuifolium'' ** Coastal matipo ''Myrsine aquilonia'' ** Chatham Island matipo ''Myrsine chathamica'' ** Mt Burnett matipo ''Myrsine argentea'' ** Red matipo ''Myrsine australis'' ** Swamp matipo ''Myrsine coxii'' *

Metrosideros ''Metrosideros'' is a genus of approximately 60 trees, shrubs, and vines in the family Myrtaceae, mostly found in the Pacific region. Most of the tree forms are small, but some are exceptionally large, the New Zealand species in particular. The ...

** Bartlett's rātā ''Metrosideros bartlettii'' ** Kermadec pōhutukawa ''Metrosideros kermadecensis'' **

Northern rātā Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ra ...

''Metrosideros robusta'' ** Parkinson's rātā ''Metrosideros parkinsonii'' **

Pōhutukawa Pōhutukawa (''Metrosideros excelsa''), also known as the New Zealand Christmas tree, or iron tree, is a coastal evergreen tree in the Myrtus, myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red (or occasionally orange, yellow o ...

''Metrosideros excelsa'' **

Southern rātā ''Metrosideros umbellata'', the southern rātā, is a tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to or more tall with a trunk up to or more in diameter. It produces masses of red flowers in summer. Unlike its relative, northern rātā, this spe ...

''Metrosideros umbellata'' * Milk tree ''Streblus'' ** Large-leaved milk tree ''Streblus banksii'' ** Small-leaved milk tree ''Streblus heterophyllus'' ** Three Kings milk tree ''Streblus smithii'' *

Nīkau ''Rhopalostylis sapida'', commonly known as nīkau, is a palm tree endemic to New Zealand, and the only palm native to mainland New Zealand. Etymology is a word borrowed from the Māori language; cognates of this word in the closely related E ...

''Rhopalostylis sapida'' * Ngaio ''Myoporum laetum'' *''

Olearia ''Olearia'', most commonly known as daisy-bush, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The genus i ...

'' (Tree daisy) ** Akepiro ''Olearia furfuracea'' **

''Olearia avicenniifolia'' ** Akiraho ''Olearia paniculata'' ** Chatham Island akeake ''Olearia traversiorum'' ** Coastal tree daisy ''Olearia solandri'' ** Common tree daisy ''Olearia arborescens'' ** Coromandel tree daisy ''Olearia townsonii'' ** Fragrant tree daisy ''Olearia fragrantissima'' ** Gardner's tree daisy ''Olearia gardneri'' ** Great Barrier tree daisy ''Olearia allomii'' ** Hector's tree daisy ''Olearia hectorii'' ** Heketara ''Olearia rani'' var. ''colorata'' ** Heketara ''Olearia rani'' var. ''rani'' ** Keketerehe ''Olearia chathamica'' ** Lancewood tree daisy ''Olearia lacunosa'' ** Mountain holly ''Olearia ilicifolia'' ** Musky tree daisy ''Olearia moschata'' **''

Olearia angulata ''Olearia angulata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in New Zealand. Māori name - Ngungu References

Olearia, angulata Flora of New Zealand Data deficient plants Taxonomy articles created by P ...

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Olearia crebra ''Olearia'', most commonly known as daisy-bush, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The genus i ...

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Olearia lineata ''Olearia'', most commonly known as daisy-bush, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The genus i ...

'' ** Small-leaved tree daisy ''Olearia fimbriata'' ** Streamside tree daisy ''Olearia cheesemanii'' ** Subantarctic tree daisy ''Olearia lyallii'' ** Swamp akeake ''Olearia telmatica'' ** Tanguru ''Olearia albida'' ** Tētēaweka ''Olearia angustifolia'' * Ongaonga ''Urtica ferox'' * Pigeonwood ''Hedycarya arborea'' *''

Pittosporum ''Pittosporum'' ( or The first pronunciation is that expected for traditional English pronunciation of Latin, Anglo-Latin; the second is common in nurseries. ''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607) is a genus of about 250 species of flow ...

'' ** Black matipo ''Pittosporum tenuifolium'' ** Fairchild's kohuhu ''Pittosporum fairchildii'' ** Haekaro ''Pittosporum umbellatum'' ** Heart-leaved pittosporum ''Pittosporum obcordatum'' ** Hutton's kohuhu ''Pittosporum huttonianum'' **

Karo Karo may refer to: Ethnic groups * Karo people (Ethiopia), an ethnic group from Ethiopia * Karo people (Indonesia), the indigenous people of the Karo Plateau in North Sumatra Languages * Karo language (Brazil), a Tupian language * Karo language ...

''Pittosporum crassifolium'' **

''Pittosporum ralphii'' ** Lemonwood ''Pittosporum eugenioides'' ** Pitpat ''Pittosporum patulum'' **'' Pittosporum ellipticum'' **''

Pittosporum virgatum ''Pittosporum'' ( or The first pronunciation is that expected for Anglo-Latin; the second is common in nurseries. ''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607) is a genus of about 250 species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae. P ...

'' ** Turner's kohuhu ''Pittosporum turneri'' * Pouteretere ''Leptecophylla robusta'' *'' Pterophylla'' **

Kāmahi ''Pterophylla racemosa'', commonly known as the kāmahi, is an evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand. It is a member of the Cunoniaceae family of plants, and it is often referred to by its former botanical name ''Weinmannia racemosa.'' Most me ...

''Pterophylla racemosa'' ** Tōwai ''Pterophylla sylvicola'' * Puka ''Meryta sinclairii'' *

Pukatea ''Laurelia novae-zelandiae'', also called pukatea, is a large evergreen tree, endemic (ecology), endemic to the forests of New Zealand. Pukatea has 'toothed' leaves and produces small flowers. It is a species in the Atherospermataceae (formerly ...

''Laurelia novae-zelandiae'' * Putaputawētā ''Carpodetus serratus'' * Puriri ''Vitex lucens'' *''

Quintinia ''Quintinia'' is a genus of about 25 evergreen trees and shrubs native to the Philippines, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainla ...

'' ** Westland quintinia ''Quintinia acutifolia'' ** Tāwheowheo ''Quintinia serrata'' * Ramarama ''Lophomyrtus bullata'' * Rautini ''Brachyglottis huntii'' *

Rewarewa ''Knightia excelsa'', commonly known as rewarewa (from Māori), is an evergreen tree endemic to the low elevation and valley forests of New Zealand. It is found in the North Island and at the tip of the South Island in the Marlborough Sounds (4 ...

''Knightia excelsa'' *Ribbonwood ** Ribbonwood ''Plagianthus betulinus'' ** Chatham Island ribbonwood ''Plagianthus regius'' subsp. ''chathamicus'' ** Lowland ribbonwood or mānatu ''Plagianthus regius'' subsp. ''regius'' * Southern beeches ''Nothofagus'' ** Black beech ''Nothofagus solandri'' var. ''solandri'' ** Hard beech ''Nothofagus truncata'' ** Mountain beech ''Nothofagus solandri'' var. ''cliffortioides'' **

Red beech Red beech is a common name applied to several species of trees: *''Dillenia alata'', native to Northern Australia and New Guinea *'' Nothofagus fusca'', native to New Zealand *''Protorhus longifolia ''Protorhus longifolia'', commonly known as r ...

''Nothofagus fusca'' **

Silver beech ''Nothofagus menziesii'', commonly known as silver beech, is a species of evergreen tree in the family Nothofagaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand and is widespread in the North and South Islands. It reaches a height of up to tall, with a tr ...

''Nothofagus menziesii'' * Swamp maire ''Syzygium maire'' * Tāwari ''Ixerba brexioides'' * Tawāpou ''Planchonella costata'' * Titoki ''Alectryon excelsus'' *

Toro Toro may refer to: Places *Toro, Molise, a ''comune'' in the Province of Campobasso, Italy *Toro, Nigeria, a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria *Toro, Shizuoka, an archaeological site in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan *Toro, Zamora, a ''m ...

''Myrsine salicina'' *

Wharangi ''Melicope ternata'', commonly known as wharangi, is a coastal shrub or small tree in the family Rutaceae that is native to New Zealand. ''Melicope ternata'' has glossy, green, trifoliate foliage and can grow into a tree 6 metres tall. It is fo ...

''Melicope ternata'' * Whau ''Entelea arborescens'' (corkwood)

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* Comprehensive list of botanical and family names * *{{cite web, title=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network , url=http://www.nzpcn.org.nz , accessdate=2010-10-03 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925164641/http://nzpcn.org.nz/ , archivedate=September 25, 2010 Trees

Trees In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, e.g., including only woody plants with secondary growth, only p ...

Species

Pteridophyta A pteridophyte is a vascular plant (with xylem and phloem) that reproduces by means of spores. Because pteridophytes produce neither flowers nor seeds, they are sometimes referred to as " cryptogams", meaning that their means of reproduction is h ... (ferns)

Pinophyta Conifers () are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All ... (conifers)

Angiosperms Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. T ... (flowering plants)

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Pteridophyta A pteridophyte is a vascular plant (with xylem and phloem) that reproduces by means of spores. Because pteridophytes produce neither flowers nor seeds, they are sometimes referred to as " cryptogams", meaning that their means of reproduction is h ...
(ferns)

Pinophyta Conifers () are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single extant class, Pinopsida. All ...
(conifers)

Angiosperms Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. T ...
(flowering plants)