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Beginners Guide to Canterbury Flora

Basic guide for identification of Canterbury Native Flora. How to id section from personal field notes, Plant Life on Banks Peninsula (Wilson 2013), NZPCN website

sycamore maple 1
Acer pseudoplatanus
common yarrow 2
Achillea millefolium
common hawthorn 3
Crataegus monogyna
Old man's beard 4
Clematis vitalba
Cotoneaster 5
shepherd's-purse 6
Capsella bursa-pastoris
common broom 7
Cytisus scoparius
cock's-foot 8
Dactylis glomerata
male fern 9
Dryopteris filix-mas
Creeping buttercup 10
Ranunculus repens
Sweet-brier 11
Rosa rubiginosa
crack willow 12
Salix fragilis
Grey Willow 13
Salix cinerea
European black elderberry 14
Sambucus nigra
red clover 15
Trifolium pratense
white clover 16
Trifolium repens
Prickly Shield Fern 17
Polystichum vestitum
Austral Bracken 18
Pteridium esculentum
kahikatea 19
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
totara 20
Podocarpus totara
New Zealand jasmine 21
Parsonsia capsularis
Mingimingi 19
Coprosma propinqua
Karamu 17
Coprosma robusta
Scrambling pohuehue 22
Muehlenbeckia complexa
Cutleaf burnweed 17
Senecio glomeratus
Marble leaf 17
Carpodetus serratus
Akeake 23
Dodonaea viscosa
koromiko 24
Veronica salicifolia
poroporo 17
Solanum laciniatum
Lemonwood 25
Pittosporum eugenioides
Kohuhu 26
Pittosporum tenuifolium
five finger 27
Pseudopanax arboreus
Lancewood 19
Pseudopanax crassifolius
Broadleaf 28
Griselinia littoralis
Narrow-leaved lacebark 29
Hoheria angustifolia
Mahoe 30
Melicytus ramiflorus
New Zealand cabbage tree 31
Cordyline australis
New Zealand flax 32
Phormium tenax

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