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Saltspray Plantain (Plantago triantha)Observer
ian4Description
sorry about the Gentian distraction, more a question of the plantain ID
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Holm Oak (Quercus ilex)Observer
martinsnzDescription
Small seedling under shade of trees on grave. Adult trees within 30 metres. Purewa Cemetery.
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Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)Observer
martinsnzDescription
Two established seedlings in understorey of exotic forest, eastern boundary of cemetery.
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Western Australian Peppermint (Agonis flexuosa)Observer
martinsnzDescription
Tree c 6 metres tall, in poor health beside a grave. Not sure if planted or one of the self sown ones seen by Rhys Gardner in 1986.
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Draparnaud's Glass Snail (Oxychilus draparnaudi)Observer
jacqui-nzDescription
Snail on Ivy-leaved Toadflax (Cymbalaria muralis) on a rock wall below the monument.
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Taurepo (Rhabdothamnus solandri)Observer
jack4Description
Common along dry stream edges.
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Earina aestivalisObserver
jack4Description
Epiphytic on nikau, Rhopalostylis sapida. Not sure if this is not E. mucronata. But from the leaf size and colour of flower in NZNOG looks good. Interested in feedback.
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Green Midge-Orchid (Genoplesium pumilum)Observer
jack4Description
Locally common on semi bare to bare clay soil (deep orange/brown) well within areas exposed to salt spray from the prevailing westerly winds. Associated in gumland/scrubland habitat. Associated with with species including but limited to Leptospermum scoparium, Drachophyllum patens, Gahnia spp., Olearia spp. Schoenus tendo and Metrosideros excelsa. It appeared the orchids may have grown up after the last lot of heavy rain. It seemed that even overnight more had appeared.
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Forest Gecko (Mokopirirakau granulatus)Observer
jack4Description
Another forest on a mapou. The camouflage of the gecko on this plant is amazing. The ear lines up with a past abrasion to the trunk which ends a line of continuous small holes. The colours also perfectly match the trunk.
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Prickly Hakea (Hakea sericea)Observer
murray_dawsonDescription
Hakea sericea (prickly hakea). Omahungaiti Bay, Harataonga Track, Great Barrier Island. Photos: © Murray Dawson
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Ram's Horn Squid (Spirula spirula)Observer
jacqui-nzDescription
Washed up in the bay, low tide.
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Reef Sea Star (Stichaster australis)Observer
jordi_nzDescription
Heaps uncovered at low tide due to the king tides this week,
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Beaded Samphire (Salicornia quinqueflora)Observer
bcal003Description
Grows with Samolus repens
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Onion Grass (Romulea rosea)Observer
ben01Description
Abundant in lawn around the McLachlan monument.
Puponga point, Cornwallis, Auckland.
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Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)Observer
jack4Description
Common on stream edges and mown edges.
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Oxalis Rust (Puccinia oxalidis)Observer
pjd1Description
Common on Oxalis incarnata.
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Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)Observer
jack4Description
Growing near pile of mulch and discarded garden type waste.
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Bamboo Moth (Artona martini)Observer
stephen_thorpeDescription
Baldwin Ave Train Station. Three adults observed resting on foliage of bamboo and intermingled plants, on a sunny evening (at about 1730 hrs).
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Sonchus Rust (Peristemma pseudosphaeria)Observer
pjd1Description
Uncommon - noted on a basal leaf of sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) growing on side of footpath. Images show infected leaves as follows - first image, abaxial leaf, second image, adaxial leaf, third image entire host leaf with scale bar in centimetres.
Voucher: P.J. de Lange 14016, UNITEC 9544
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Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris)Observer
pjd1Description
Common in wasteland above stream. Plants heavily infected by Puccinia malvacearum - see http://naturewatch.org.nz/observations/8688089
