sarah_richardson's Favorites
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neil_fitzgeraldDescription
Collected by my son and mum in a farm pond we constructed many years ago. I've seen little grey leeches there before, but not these awesome monsters. Amazing how they swim like snakes.
Unless we have other similar species, I'm guessing this is our 'tiger' leech, Richardsonianus mauianus.
When it has finished feeding and given my hand back I'll try for some more natural shots (getting a bit tired of waiting).
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Mataī (Prumnopitys taxifolia)Observer
portedisonDescription
Male I believe. Have never seen seedlings below this one.
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jackryderwelchDescription
Large slug on window. Forgive the poor camera work! Horny/ridged back.
At least 8-10cm long when extended
Kelburn, Wellington
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Lancewood (Pseudopanax crassifolius)Observer
theotbDescription
Baby lancewood?
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Miro (Pectinopitys ferruginea)Observer
fanfan-77Description
I spend 4 days bush-bashing looking for deer, and these berries were everywhere! Love the colours :)
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Taraire (Beilschmiedia tarairi)Observer
iansfindsDescription
Tree close to coast. Large purple fruit similar to Tawa.
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Green Blotched Moth (Cosmodes elegans)Observer
janet-nzDescription
Found it feeding on Lobelia angulata
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Heart-leaved Kohuhu (Pittosporum obcordatum)Observer
janetnewellDescription
Of the 4 or 5 plants on site, only one flowering.
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New Zealand Mousetail (Myosurus minimus ssp. novae-zelandiae)Observer
john_barklaDescription
Locally abundant in montane herbfield
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Domestic Chicken (Gallus gallus var. domesticus)Observer
dr_dj_kingDescription
I suspect one of the same chickens I saw in the are a few weeks ago.
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Patē (Schefflera digitata)Observer
john_barklaDescription
Occasional in lowland alluvial forest
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Coprosma rigidaObserver
john_barklaDescription
Common in frost flat shrubland
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Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)Observer
alice_shanksDescription
Did I get the right pheasant ID?
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Lleuque, Mataī and Romerillo (Genus Prumnopitys)Observer
dave_hollandDescription
SEEDLING COMPARISON OBS PLZ LEAVE AT GENUS.
on the left always is matai
on the right is miro.
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Spaniard Grass (Genus Aciphylla)Observer
john_barklaDescription
Locally common in low alpine tussockland and herbfield. Not sure what to call this.
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Stewart Island Speargrass (Aciphylla traillii)Observer
mark2-nzDescription
I think....
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Mountain Cabbage Tree (Cordyline indivisa)Observer
greghadley1Description
Tōī on old Te Iringa Hut clearing.
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Southern Rātā (Metrosideros umbellata)Observer
marleyiDescription
Rare canopy tree in swamp forest.
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Northern Rātā (Metrosideros robusta)Observer
cbeemDescription
Most here, by far, are trees started from seeds sprouted in the ground. Twisting vines in tall trees are less common. All flowering like crazy early this season.
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Chatham Island Mapou (Myrsine chathamica)Observer
johnnohPlace
Settlement Bay, Broad Bay, Port Pegasus, Stewart IslandSouthland District, Southland, New Zealand (Google, OSM)Description
Part of a pure stand growing on old sand dunes
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Deciduous Tree Daisy (Olearia hectorii)Observer
john_barklaDescription
Cultivated plant in full flower
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tonyjewellDescription
A massive grove, and various individual plants, beneath windbreak pines on Tiwai near the smelter. Also A. appendiculatum, A. obtusatum, A. lyalli, A. flaccidum and A. gracilimen and a few apparent hybrids in among them. Perhaps likely to have colonized from nearby Bluff, with the pines providing excellent shelter and a soil type that they wouldn't normally find on Tiwai (same with the likes of Dicksonia squarrosa and Romhora adiantifolia in the same area).
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Mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium)Observer
danilo_heggDescription
The summit of Three Pointer is covered in manuka growing as a very low shrub, flat on the ground.
Flowering vigorously and doing just fine.
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Fierce Speargrass (Aciphylla ferox)Observer
melissa_hutchisonDescription
A. ferox?
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janet-nzDescription
This was a wee highlight during a tramp! Was a tall robust specimen too.
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mattwardDescription
Locally relatively common and forming the canopy in some places.
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Lancewood Tree Daisy (Olearia lacunosa)Observer
marleyiDescription
Common tree daisy of forest margins.
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Myosotis concinnaObserver
marleyiDescription
Truly living upto to its species epithet, a beautiful plant of the marble mountains. Most plants in flower.
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Tirauriki (Korthalsella salicornioides)Observer
john_barklaDescription
On fallen Kunzea robusta
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Macrolearia oporinaObserver
john_barklaDescription
Abundant on coastal headland
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Northern Rātā (Metrosideros robusta)Observer
john_barklaDescription
Occasional large emergent trees in flower
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Hoiho (Yellow-Eyed Penguin) (Megadyptes antipodes)Observer
janegosdenDescription
One of three adult birds seen at this site.
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Five-striped Flatworm (Parakontikia ventrolineata)Observer
nationfamilyDescription
Found these hideous things in my strawberries, along with a slug but what are they and how do I get rid of them!
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Chocolate Tube Slimes (Genus Stemonitis)Observer
alice_shanksDescription
Tapioca slime mould is what iNat AI named it.
It certainly looks like something you would give this name to, but that would make it the only record in NZ.
Expert help needed.
On a dead black beech trunk.
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Fleshy Tree Orchid (Drymoanthus adversus)Observer
john_barklaDescription
Epiphytic on pohutukawa. In full flower.
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Cord Broom (Carmichaelia stevensonii)Observer
alice_shanksDescription
Weeping broom makes a very odd treeline. George Saddle.
