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Flax-leaved Horseweed (Erigeron bonariensis)Observer
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The site has been cleared since these photos and replaced with a department store. The last 2 pics show the site as it was - the last having just Erigeron sumatrensis 'in shot'. However, looking at that last photo - enlarged - again I wonder whether the plants with whiter heads might have been Erigeron (Conyza) bonariensis too.
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Crowded Haworthia (Haworthiopsis coarctata)Observer
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Not sure about this name. Rescued pot from old nursery/garden, now destroyed and being turned into new housing.
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Dwarf Tree Fern (Blechnum gibbum)Observer
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At back of cafe, by carpark
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Speckled Spur-Flower (Plectranthus ciliatus)Observer
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Large dense patch under trees on street border.
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Pōhutukawa / Southern Rātā Hybrid (Metrosideros excelsa × umbellata)Observer
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Two slender shrubs planted in lawn. PIcs #2 & 3 show upper and lower leaf surfaces, respectively. All 3 pics are of the same shrub
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Scrub Cherry (Syzygium australe)Observer
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Hedge between the reserve and private home. Young stems with 'pockets' above the nodes . No sign of myrtle rust.
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Genus TischeriaObserver
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A leaf miner of oak (Quercus); PIcs #1 and 2 are upper and under sides of the same leaf; acorns of the tree as Pic #5
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Strawberry Dogwood (Cornus capitata)Observer
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Tree overhanging fence into the reserve; naturalised seedlings locally abundant along fenceline. Parent tree assumed to have been planted.
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New Zealand Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis)Observer
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Self-established tree - first fruiting
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Painted-Tongues (Genus Salpiglossis)Observer
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In garden border planting.
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Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)Observer
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Self-sown seedlings around the plant in https://inaturalist.nz/observations/67037110
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Dyckia distachyaObserver
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Same plant as https://inaturalist.nz/observations/108012630 with flowers not fully opened here. Large spiny-leaved clump (now destroyed when this nursery was bulldozed for housing late 2023-early 2024
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Purpletop Vervain (Verbena bonariensis)Observer
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Apparently planted @marleyi Looks a bit like V. incompta, but more showy?
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Australian Fan Palm (Livistona australis)Observer
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Self-established seedlings in 2nd picture.
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Beetle Lily (Baeometra uniflora)Observer
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Pot rescued from abandoned nursery/garden. When this came up, it was unknown until it flowered 4 weeks later https://inaturalist.nz/observations/97098810
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Safari Sunset and Similar Cultivars (Leucadendron laureolum × salignum)Observer
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Sadly, this shrub 'just died' soon after these pics.
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Cretan Brake (Pteris cretica)Observer
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Against collapsing glasshouse - plant . >1 m tall. :Probably adventive here as it's quite common in the city.
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Observer
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Wetland formed behind old slump in valley; manuka locally dominant over Sphagnum cristatum. Third pic shows black fruiting heads of Drosera binata in the foreground.
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manuka sudd with sphagnum, growing out and floating over the lake edge
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Abundant; flowers in varying shades of pink from shrub to shrub
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Tea (Camellia sinensis)Observer
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Spindly shrub under tall trees in overgrown garden
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Puya ferrugineaObserver
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owners removed this plant as they felt the irritating hairs were too dangerous.
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The property was once an old plant nursery and garden, destroyed in 2023-24 for a new housing estate.
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Brazilian Vaseplant (Aechmea distichantha)Observer
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Old nursery and garden, destroyed for a new housing estate late 2023. Some of this plant sent to CHR and is also currently 'saved' in another garden
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Brazilian Vaseplant (Aechmea distichantha)Observer
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Old nursery and garden, now destroyed for a housing estate. One clump of this bromeliad, which flowered later https://inaturalist.nz/observations/207524639
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Candelabra Aloe (Aloe arborescens)Observer
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large clump in wild garden - probably planted originally but now rampant
