Lvl 4 Natives Flashcards
Miro
Pectinopitys ferruginia
Podocarpaceae
Good hedge
Hardy through nz
Like matai but bigger leaves and no points
Matai
prumnopitys taxifolia
Points on leaves
Hardy in nz
Birds,timber,carving
Lowland forest
Had juvenile foliage
Puka
Meryta sinclairii
Frost tender
Araliaceae
Well drained humus soil, must be kept moist
Three kings islands
Whauwhaupaku, five finger
Pseudopanax arboreus
Araliaceae
Well drained soil
Palmate glossy
Landscape use, reveg
Semi hardy
Bigger leaves than lessonii
Houpara, coastal five finger
Pseudopanax lessonii
Araliaceae
Coastal areas north island
Semi hardy
Palmate
Landscape and reveg
Smaller leaves than arboreus
Kauri
Agathis australis
Largest native tree in nz
Timber, gum, re veg
Deep soil adequate moisture
Kawaka
Libocedrus plumosa
Cupressaceae
Slow growing
Well drained soil
Hardy, needs shade and rainfall
Indoor plant, reveg, peely bark
Kamahi
Pterophylla racemosa
Cunoniaceae
Coastal to sub alpine
Long white flowers
Tolerant to most soil types
Reveg planting
Horoeka lancewood
Pseudopanax crassifolius
Araeliaceae
Lowland, montane forest
Feirce lancewood
Pseudopanax ferox
Lowland nz
Araeliaceae
Karaka
Corynocarpus laevigatus
Corynocarpaceae
Lowland nz
Wineberry
Aristotelia serrata
Elaeocarpaceae
Throughout nz
Young growth has red veins
Hinau
Elaeocarpus dentatus
Elaeocarpaceae
Red pockets on veins on underside of leaf
Lowland north island
Large leafed kowhai
Sophora tetraptera
Fabaceae
Eastern and central north island
