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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
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6-8 fluttering around this Canary Island pine, on a calm sunny afternoon. Large flocks of monarchs have over-wintered in the eucalypt grove of this park in the past https://inaturalist.nz/observations/45667314 .
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Apple-of-Peru (Nicandra physalodes)Observer
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Dry fruiting bracts; among Chenopodium album on building site
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Common Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album)Observer
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Massed on building site (Sarjeant Gallery extensions)
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Toothed Lancewood (Pseudopanax ferox)Observer
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Two self-established seedlings - 1 planted fruiting tree nearby
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Bush Flax (Astelia fragrans)Observer
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Several planted in full sun by museum steps; on old dune sand.
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Least Yellow-Sorrel (Oxalis exilis)Observer
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Creeping plant, in impoverished dry lawn on old dune sand
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European House Sparrow (Passer domesticus ssp. domesticus)Observer
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Feeding in impoverished dry lawn
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Canary Island Pine (Pinus canariensis)Observer
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One of 3 trees planted together
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Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica)Observer
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Young and old female cones, young pollen cones; whole tree
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Silver Tussock (Poa cita)Observer
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Row planted around outer edge of Peace Spiral, alternating with Coprosma 'brunnea' plants
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Protea Family (Family Proteaceae)Observer
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8 (or more) seedlings found in garden on old dune sand, covered in pine bark mulch, where both flowering bushes of Leucospermum and Leucadendron had died > 12 months ago.. Potential parent parents shown in https://inaturalist.nz/observations/126932553 and https://inaturalist.nz/observations/210534567 @tonyrebolo Is it possible to say which genus from the seedlings please? I'm unaware of either genus naturalising in NZ before.
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Conebushes (Genus Leucadendron)Observer
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cv name of 'Starburst'. This shrub has died since.
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Japanese Walnut (Juglans ailantifolia)Observer
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This tree is in a mixed species grove of planted trees, but it is common as a naturalised plant on the outside of river stop banks, maybe 500 m south of here.
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Beetle Lily (Baeometra uniflora)Observer
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Rescued pot from abandoned nursery/garden. That site now bulldozed for new housing estate.
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Moraea alticolaObserver
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Rescued pot from o9ld nursery/garden, now destroyed by new housing estate.. Flowers November https://inaturalist.nz/observations/101582478
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Leather-leaf Fern (Pyrrosia eleagnifolia)Observer
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Young fronds on tree branch, with lichens and liverworts
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Sago Cycad (Cycas revoluta)Observer
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With a Pyrrosia fern at base.
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Goldencup St. John's Wort (Hypericum patulum)Observer
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Old nursery/garden. now destroyed fi=or new housing estate.
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Streak Haworthia (Haworthia cymbiformis)Observer
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Pot rescued from abandoned garden & nursery in 2021.Perhaps H. retusa - fine teeth on leaf margins.
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Queen Victoria Agave (Agave victoriae-reginae)Observer
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In glasshouse
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Prickly Moses (Acacia verticillata)Observer
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Remnant shrubs in old fence-line - remains of old hedgerow? No seedlings seen so assumed to have been planted a long time ago.
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Common Water Hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)Observer
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With a plumed egret
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Dotted Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata)Observer
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Streamside beside walkway
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Fragrant Orchid (Gymnadenia conopsea)Observer
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On rail embankment
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Anchored Water Hyacinth (Pontederia azurea)Observer
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With Salvinia.
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Common Water Hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)Observer
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Street-side pots
