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Common Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)Observer
maddyvoice1112436Description
Saw only hedgehog prints for all three nights. Have seen this hedgehog sometimes at night. However I do have a small dog that loves playing with them. And there are many cats in my area so this maybe why there were no mice or rats (not that I am complaining about that!)
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Coprosma (Genus Coprosma)Observer
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similar to diverigating species, however has the coprosma characteristics leaves are opposite and have stipules
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Quintinia serrataObserver
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looks very similar to marble leaf but I don't think it is
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Weeping Mapou (Myrsine divaricata)Observer
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Looks like a divaricating species
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Haumakaroa (Raukaua simplex)Observer
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Juvenile was observed with quite different leaf structure from the adult
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Rātā and Allies (Genus Metrosideros)Observer
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Looks like climbing rata
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Kāmahi (Pterophylla racemosa)Observer
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quite a few were seen in the plot that we observed
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Lancewoods and Five Fingers (Genus Pseudopanax)Observer
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juvenile was seen with only four fingers
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Miro (Pectinopitys ferruginea)Observer
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Miro seedlings were visable on the forest floor
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New Zealand Broadleaf (Griselinia littoralis)Observer
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Big Broad leafed woody seedling
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
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white top very small, stalk lightened considerably to top from a brown red to a creamy white
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Genus NerteraObserver
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Plant heart shapes leaf small 20mm wide, runner type growth hairy runners vines up onto tress
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Grasses (Family Poaceae)Observer
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Grass 2-3 mm Thick shiny, strong structure
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Grasses (Family Poaceae)Observer
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Grass 2-3 mm Thick shiny, strong structure
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Bush Rice Grass (Ehrharta diplax)Observer
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Grass thick 20mm leaves prominent parallel lines rough to touch
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Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)Observer
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Brown & pale brown top patchy, creamy brown underside smaller mushrooms had darker tops very frilly edge.
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Button Fern (Pellaea rotundifolia)Observer
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70mm single stem with lots of little round shaped leaves
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Hound's Tongue Fern (Microsorum pustulatum)Observer
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Black midline down leaves obvious smoother texture, leaf all joined together no little compound leaves 10-20cm in length, veins parallel on leaves spores present close to midline
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Hound's Tongue Fern (Microsorum pustulatum)Observer
maddyvoice1112436Description
Black midline down leaves obvious smoother texture, leaf all joined together no little compound leaves 10-20cm in length, veins parallel on leaves spores present close to midline
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Hound's Tongue Fern (Microsorum pustulatum)Observer
maddyvoice1112436Description
Black midline down leaves obvious smoother texture, leaf all joined together no little compound leaves 10-20cm in length, veins parallel on leaves spores present close to midline
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Prickly Shield Fern (Polystichum vestitum)Observer
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Spores on underside of leaves big frawnds. Bristles or Prickles on stem, lots of compound leaves serrated edges
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
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50mm darkened sclerotized head segmented soft looking body. Living under a rotten log.
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Cockroaches and Termites (Order Blattodea)Observer
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Was hiding in a rotten log on the forest floor.
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Common European Yellowjacket (Vespula vulgaris)Observer
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Observed alot of these invertabrates in this forest because of the beech trees the forest was a constant hummmm
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Common Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)Observer
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a Very big tree,conifer species
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English Oak (Quercus robur)Observer
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Not sure what sort of oak it is but the lower leaves of this tree were dead was hard to reach higher leaves as how tall the tree was
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Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata)Observer
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Looks to be from the genus pinus not sure of the species though
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Karo (Pittosporum crassifolium)Observer
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pale underside of leaves similar to tenuifolium but has less crinkly leaves and a dark what looks like mould growing on the surface of the leaves
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Kōhūhū (Pittosporum tenuifolium)Observer
maddyvoice1112436Description
Was seen in McHughs Plantation near Darfield. For woody plants>1m. Dark stems with dense green foliage had seeds pods approximately 3m in height.