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European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)Observer
hjc74Description
Singing in outside psychology department
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Tasmanian Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis ssp. lateralis)Observer
hjc74Description
Flock over Ilam garden bridge, clearly seen
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New Zealand Bellbird (Anthornis melanura)Observer
hjc74Description
Single bird singing
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Mountain Violet (Viola cunninghamii)Observer
hjc74Description
Unlike most scree plants, it possesses green leaves.
Stout, and tightly clung to gaps in the rocks.
Leaves are curled around their mid-vein with notches in the margin.
Single budding flower head.
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Mountain Daisies (Genus Celmisia)Observer
hjc74Description
Found in sub-shrub and shrub environment above tree line.
Lamina was viscid, and with fine indumentum.
Peduncle with solitary flowerhead. Corolla white. Brachts green and varied in length and size, 'spikey' and sit in unkempt fashion.
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Forstera tenellaObserver
hjc74Description
Found next to running stream above the tree line. Among sub-shrubs and shrubs.
Peduncle is very slender and long. Solitary flower. Pink colours at base of the interior of the corolla.
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False Spaniard (Celmisia lyallii)Observer
hjc74Description
Found in sub-shrub and shrub environment above the tree line.
Plant has very rigid, thin, and long leaves, that are compound.
Flower heads are solitary and at the top of a long slender peduncle that is covered with indumentum.
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Celmisia discolorObserver
hjc74Description
Stout Celmisia species with small rosettes of leaves. Lamina are very viscid and glabrous.
Fine indumentum.
Flower heads are solitary and on long slender peduncles. Corolla white.
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Strap- Leaved Daisy (Celmisia angustifolia)Observer
hjc74Description
Found on scree slope above tree line with sparsely spread sub-shrubs and shrubs.
Low growing and stout rosettes of leaves, with long peduncle bearing solitary flower head.
Branches underneath rosettes are woody and sprawled.
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Dracophyllum pronumObserver
hjc74Description
Found with numerous sub-shrubs and shrubs above the tree line.
Recognisable needle-like leaves.
Flowers are urn shaped, and whorled around the woody stems.
Lamina and brachts with red/orange margin/tips.
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Haastia recurvaObserver
hjc74Description
Found at the top of a scree slope. Proximal to Raoulia buchananii among rock crevices.
Large amounts of indumentum and small terminal flowerheads, yellow.
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Scabweeds (Genus Raoulia)Observer
hjc74Description
Found at the top of scree slope, in among rocky outcrops. Fixed in crevices. Very stout and densely packed are dozens of rosettes. Each with lots of indumentum.
Small solitary flowerheads poke out from single rosettes.
Rosettes are all squashed and different sizes.
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Golden Scabweed (Raoulia australis)Observer
hjc74Description
Found at the top of the scree slopes clinging to large outcrops of rock. Tucked inside crevices.
Very stout and densely packed.
Small rosettes of leaves.
Solitary flower heads grow out of a single rosette.
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Lignocarpa carnosulaObserver
hjc74Description
Found in the scree slopes. Its shape and colour well suited to this environment.
The 'succulent' leaves are long and thin, lanceolate, and compound, with a trifoliate end. Colour of petiole and leaflets are drab grey and purple, very pale. Lamina margins curl in on itself and the petiole is grooved down the center.
Flower heads are hidden underneath the compound leaves, more stout but clustered closer to the ground.
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Anisotome piliferaObserver
hjc74Description
Large glaucus and glabrous leaves, adapted to a scree environment.
Ridged stems.
Lamina are numerously lobed.
Specimen was not flowering.
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Leptinella dendyiObserver
hjc74Description
Found on the top ridge-line of the scree slopes. Among rocky crevasses and boulders.
Similar to Leptinella atrata however it has large yellow-ish brachts.
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Leptinella atrataObserver
hjc74Description
Found on the top ridge-line of the scree slopes. In among rocky crevasses and large boulders.
Lamina are glaucus and glabrous with red 'feathered' margins.
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New Zealand Everlastingflower (Anaphalioides bellidioides)Observer
hjc74Description
Close to ground, flowering daisy. Brachts are very paper-like.
Flower heads are terminal, and solitary.
Indumentum and tomentum on lamina.
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Dracophyllum pronumObserver
hjc74Description
Sub-shrub sprawling and can grow into a dense low bush.
Urn shaped flowers indicative of the Ericaceae family.
Woody stems and branches.
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Observer
hjc74Description
Large shrub, with woody stems and branches.
Lamina green topside and pale silver underside.
Flower heads are abundant and terminal on stems. Yellow corolla and brachts are all equal in length.
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Mountain Clubmoss (Austrolycopodium fastigiatum)Observer
hjc74Description
Very small herbaceous plant. Lamina curled and twisted and varied in colour between light green, yellow, and orange.
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Observer
hjc74Description
Almost dead and dry in appearance. Scraggly and dark brown with 'scaly' texture to the stems.
Flower heads are terminal, and solitary.
Sprawling plant, with 'depressed' demeanor.
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South Island Edelweiss (Leucogenes grandiceps)Observer
hjc74Description
Found well about the tree line. Alpine sub-shrub with woody base of stems. Single terminal flower head on each rising stem.
Lamina are covered with fine tomentum and indumentum.
Corolla is also covered with indumentum.
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Mountain Toatoa (Phyllocladus alpinus)Observer
hjc74Description
Found with numerous sub-shrub and shrub species. This species becomes a large woody branched shrub up to 1.5m tall. Pseudo-leaves are modified stems. They are glaucus and glabrous.
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Whipcord Hebe (Veronica lycopodioides)Observer
hjc74Description
Found in an area numerous sub-shrubs and shrubs above the tree line, but below the grass/scrub line.
Decussate leaf distribution and terminal inflorescence's.
Lamina are yellow/green and tightly packed like scales.