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Life (Life)Observer
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I'm assuming this is myrtle rust but no yellow granules were seen. This is one of a row of pohutukawas which all had rust last time I looked as did the M. Tahiti also in this garden. On this occasion the latter shrubs had no evidence of rust and were flowering well with unblemished new growth
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Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia)Observer
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shrub with rather striking leaves as well as the large flowers
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Australian Droplet Tunicate (Eudistoma elongatum)Observer
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common in low intertidal zone with Hormosira banksii
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Moth Mullein (Verbascum virgatum)Observer
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in river shingle
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Globe Cottonleaf (Euchiton sphaericus)Observer
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in river shingle
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Australasian Pirate Spiders (Genus Australomimetus)Observer
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about 1cm long so perhaps a juvenile
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Sharp-leaved Fluellen (Kickxia elatine)Observer
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Scrambling through a dense groundcover of Fuchsia procumbens. I'm not sure if the flowers open more than this but the area, while light gets little direct sun.
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Greater Plantain (Plantago major)Observer
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a single plant in river shingle
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Weasel's-Snout (Misopates orontium)Observer
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river shingle
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Steelblue Ladybird (Halmus chalybeus)Observer
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cast exoskeleton of I think a ladybird beetle
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Hen and Chickens Fern (Asplenium bulbiferum)Observer
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Leaf divisions finer that I'm used to in Hawkes Bay
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Climbing Fern (Arthropteris tenella)Observer
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common in Bot Gardens
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Aloes (Genus Aloe)Observer
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small plant often seen in amenity and bot garden plantings
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South African Mantis (Miomantis caffra)Observer
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ecdysed cuticle of the SA species I think
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Barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli)Observer
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in garden where we feed birds with cracked maize. Possibly a contaminant of this
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Common Mountain Daisy (Celmisia gracilenta)Observer
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In very shallow soil over limestone with Heiracium pilosella
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Ruru (Morepork) (Ninox novaeseelandiae)Observer
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regurgitated pellet with insect parts
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Small Onion Orchid (Microtis oligantha)Observer
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Grows in very exposed grassland over limestone in association with small M. unifolia. Note the number of flowers
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
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not sure if this was on dead wood or limestone