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Coastal Māhoe (Melicytus novae-zelandiae)Observer
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Single seedling under dry open kanuka. Doesn't look native - suggestions welcome
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Long Hair Plume Grass (Dichelachne crinita)Observer
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Under open kanuka broadleaf woodland
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Cutty Grass (Carex coriacea)Observer
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Spreading via rhizomes not tussocky
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Mountain Five Finger (Pseudopanax colensoi)Observer
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Narrow leaflets, growing next to possible hybrid
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Karo (Pittosporum crassifolium)Observer
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Regenerating prolifically under dry kanuka-totara forest
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Beach Spinach (Tetragonia trigyna)Observer
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Under dry coastal manuka-kanuka-totara forest, red fleshy fruit
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Mountain Five Finger (Pseudopanax colensoi)Observer
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Leaflets quite narrow
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Raukawa (Raukaua edgerleyi)Observer
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Single adult under tall broadleaf-podocarp canopy south facing slope, two main trunks, dbh 16cm & 7cm. No seedlings seen
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German Wasp (Vespula germanica)Observer
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Inside house, squashed specimen. Huge, so perhaps a queen?
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Genus OctochaetusObserver
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20cm deep in riparian restoration area c.20m from bush remnant
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Porcupine Shrub (Melicytus alpinus)Observer
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Remnant shrubs under pines