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Oaks (Genus Quercus)Observer
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This tree grows outside the South Library Christchurch. What is it, please.
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Sunburst Lichens, Firedots, and Allies (Family Teloschistaceae)Observer
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New Zealand Willowherb (Epilobium nummulariifolium)Observer
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Rock wall
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Order PolypodialesObserver
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I observed this fern on the Foreshore Track near Allandale. I think it’s a Pteris, but I’m not sure if it is or what Pteris. Pteris macilenta grows nearby, but it not that fern. Pteris tremula is not recorded for the Lyttelton Harbour Basin. If it is Pteris tremula this maybe a first recording of it. The fern is quite scruffy so it’s hard to get an overall photo. I will go back sometime with a better camera and tripod to see if I can get a better overall photo.
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Large Crane Flies (Family Tipulidae)Observer
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120 mm top to bottom. Proper name phase?
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New Zealand Bindweed (Calystegia tuguriorum)Observer
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This is a scrambling vine that smothers other plants. Please can you identify it. Growing on high on the hill in Zephyr Valley.
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Peacock Spiders (Genus Maratus)Observer
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This spider has captured a moth much larger than itself. Does anyone know the spider and the moth. Any other information about what is going on here would be welcome.
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Forget-Me-Nots (Genus Myosotis)Observer
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My neighbour, Mer, has this in his garden. He got it as a cutting from the Warau valley and thinks its a hybrid. Can someone identify it?
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Gallant Soldier (Galinsoga parviflora)Observer
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This is a common and persistent weed in my garden. Can someone please tell me what it is.
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Observer
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We went off to explore the ferns along the Sharplin Falls Track near Staveley yesterday. I was lucky to spot this tiny fern growing among moss on a rock by the track. It is just 2.5 cm from root to the tip of the frond. The pinna edges are toothed, and unusually the secondary pinna only grow from one side of the primary pinna. There is a sporangia standing erect (middle of the photo) and the indusial flap is smooth. These last two factors help to identify it as Hymenophyllum peltatum. This filmy fern doesn't grow on the Port Hills.
