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Subgenus MegabombusObserver
caqalaiDescription
Photographed on the living room window. Seems to fit either buff-tailed or white-tailed bumble bees but has quite a slender body.
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Pohowera (Banded Dotterel) (Anarhynchus bicinctus ssp. bicinctus)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Female on eggs. Unfortunately her the nest was in an area used by a group of 4wd people and may have been destroyed by them driving around the lake.
It appears to be a lone female as there was no sign of a male doing any distraction behaviour.
The eggs were photographed with a zoom lens
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Beard Lichens (Genus Usnea)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Growing on Halocarpus bidwillii in a wetland beside the lake.
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Kidney Weed (Dichondra repens)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Corolla is smaller than the calyx in this plant.
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Dichondra brevifoliaObserver
caqalaiDescription
There are numerous patches of dichondra in the new portion of the Kaitorete Scenic Reserve. This look to be as named as the corolla is greater that the calyx.
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Observer
caqalaiDescription
Several small patches of this entity growing under the scrub in the new section of the Kaitorete Scenic Reserve. Unfortunately no fertile material so the id is based on David LLoyds paper on Cotula/Leptinella.
The branches appear to be singular on the rhizome and the pinnae are toothed top to bottom on the leaves. The NZPCN does not specify the latter fact on the website as quoted here from the paper “In the vegetative state, C. minor has often been identified as the more common species C. squalida, because of the numerous teeth on the pinnae of larger leaves. But C. minor is easily distinguished by the restriction of teeth to the lower pinnae, which is unique in section Leptinella."
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Short Wallaby Grass (Rytidosperma carphoides)Observer
caqalaiDescription
A small wallaby grass with short awns.
See https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/07551263-73c2-41d2-9a7e-686c59432da8 and https://keys.landcareresearch.co.nz/nzgrasses/key/nzgrass/Media/Images/Rytidosperma-geniculatum02.jpg
Hard to quatify its presence as there are a number of somewhat similar rytidosperma sps. present in the area.
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Kidney Weed (Dichondra repens)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Locally common growing in areas with a sparse grass cover.
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Dichondra brevifoliaObserver
caqalaiDescription
Growing in dry Plains grassland area.
Flowers are smaller than in the previous observation
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Dichondra brevifoliaObserver
caqalaiDescription
Growing in a periodically inundated hollow in dryland plains area. Similar to the entity tagged "Large flowers" that is found on the Palliser Bay coast.
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Observer
caqalaiDescription
A few scattered patches noted in areas where the introduced grasses have a scant presence Growing with Muehlenbeckia axillaris.
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Rabbitfoot Grass (Polypogon monspeliensis)Observer
caqalaiDescription
One plant noted growing on the bank of the water race.
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Poison Rock Fern (Cheilanthes sieberi ssp. sieberi)Observer
caqalaiDescription
One patch seen almost completely browned off.
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Crescent Map Lichen (Rhizocarpon lecanorinum)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Locally common growing on stones
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Knotted Clover (Trifolium striatum)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Common in parts of the reserve.
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Pikiarero (Clematis forsteri)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Common, growing on the low growing scrub
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
caqalaiDescription
A small patch growing under the scrub
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Tutu (Genus Coriaria)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Local on a steep rock bank where inaccessible to stock. This is an unnamed entity tag named "Remutaka"
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Observer
caqalaiDescription
Just starting to flower and growing with C. "Remutaka" which is just finishing flowering. Regenerating and standing beech forest.
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Joint-toothed Mosses (Class Bryopsida)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Growing on the coast in an area that is under water in the winter but dries out completely and is hot and dry in the summer months. The sporing bodies are about 3-4mm in height
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Flame Lichens (Genus Dufourea)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Growing on rocks in an exposed coastal site.
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Small-flowered Onion Grass (Romulea minutiflora)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Locally common in the area but unless in flower very hard to pick up in the long grass
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Onion Grass (Romulea rosea)Observer
caqalaiDescription
A small patch of plants growing the grass near the fence in Te Humenga covenant. The last photograph shows a comparison with R. minutiflora which is common in the area
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Observer
caqalaiDescription
A small flowered entity just coming into flower, Common under regenerating beech forest.
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Corybas hypogaeusObserver
caqalaiDescription
A very small flowered entity locally common in regenerating beech forest.
My thumb nail is 15mm across for scale. Is it just a small oddball C. vitreus?
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Corybas vitreusObserver
caqalaiDescription
Growing in wet open ground in scrub
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Red Campion (Silene dioica)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Growing in long grass beside a 4wd track atop a stopbank the Tauherenikau River. Probably from dumped garden rubbish.
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Mikipapatahi (Coprosma propinqua var. latiuscula)Observer
caqalaiDescription
Large prostrate bush with yellow fruit. It is insolated (I had to look this up and it means open to the sun). The petioles seem free but probably better shots needed. Leaf shape looks to fit. See Vol 1 of the Flora p. 252