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Kōwhai (Genus Sophora)Observer
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Old tree growing on the shore of Lake Wakatipu
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Small-leaved Kowhai (Sophora microphylla)Observer
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Planted during the Tiritiri Matangi restoration project
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Kōhūhū (Pittosporum tenuifolium)Observer
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Probably planted, most 'natural-like' of the many cultivars planted in this region. Irrespective of cultivar, all flowering.
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Large-leaved Kowhai (Sophora tetraptera)Observer
neil_mitchellDescription
Probably a pre-development tree
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Red Beech (Nothofagus fusca)Observer
neil_mitchellDescription
Probably pre-development tree
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Tarata (Pittosporum eugenioides)Observer
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Part of a small native planting
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Tarata (Pittosporum eugenioides)Observer
neil_mitchellDescription
Part of a small native planting
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Annual Saltmarsh Aster (Symphyotrichum subulatum)Observer
neil_mitchellDescription
A very wiry plant, difficult to remove. Forms dense, invasive thickets in wetter areas.
Need to know how to remove it!
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Kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)Observer
neil_mitchellDescription
Feeding on young leaves of a (decorative) plum
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Kārearea (New Zealand Falcon) (Falco novaeseelandiae)Observer
neil_mitchellDescription
Much to my surprise when looking out dining room window, to see a NZ falcon land in neighbour's tree. They're in the Wakatipu basin but didn't expect to see one in the garden. A very wet day, the falcon just sat in the shelter of the tree for about 20mins.
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Brown Birch-Bolete (Leccinum scabrum)Observer
neil_mitchellDescription
Growing near a Pittosporum tenuifolium in an area of planted conifers. Fruiting bodies of a number of other species had also appeared after a day of rain.
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Purple-veiled Slippery Jack (Suillus luteus)Observer
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An area of planted with larch and Pinus spp.
