Level 4 Natives 2

Question 1

Whau

Answer 1

Entelea arborescens
Malvaceae
Northern coastal nz

Question 2

Lacebark

Answer 2

Hoheria populnea
Malvaceae
Waikato and north, lowland

Question 3

Ribbonwood

Answer 3

Plagianthus regius
Malvaceae
Auckland and south

Question 4

Red beech

Answer 4

Fuscospora fusca
Pointy teeth, slightly red leaf stems
Nothofagaceae
Mid elevation
Grows in open stands with no undergrowth

Question 5

Mountain beech

Answer 5

Fuscospora cliffortioides
Nothofagaceae
No teeth, triangle shape
High elevation
Dark grey furrowed bark
Small untoothed pointed tipped leaf

Question 6

Hard beech

Answer 6

Fuscospora truncata
Nothofagaceae
Thick leaves, single blunt teeth, no dents in back of leaf
White bark when young, deeply furrowed and grey as they get older

Question 7

Silver beech

Answer 7

Lophozonia menziesii
Thick Stubby leaf, double teeth
Nothofagaceae
Grey horizontally flaky
Rounded leafs doubly toothed

Question 8

Tree fuchsia

Answer 8

Fuchsia excorticata
Onagraceae
Pale green leaves, white underside
Red papery bark

Question 9

Puka small leaved

Answer 9

Griselinia lucida
Griseliniaceae
Oval thick glossy leaves
Shrub small tree

Question 10

Black maire

Answer 10

Nestegis cunninghamii
Oleaceae
Large Lanceolate leaves with dark green top and pale green underside
Corky bark
Spreading canopy

Question 11

Kohekohe

Answer 11

Dysoxylem spectabile
Meliaceae
Opposite fleshy shiny light green leaves
Flowers that grow out of trunk

Question 12

Swamp maere

Answer 12

Syzygium maire
Myrtaceae
Wide, curled over edge leaves with red spots