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Common Sun Orchid (Thelymitra longifolia)Observer
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In a regional council dryland reserve.
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Observer
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Almost certain this is correct identification but ideally needs a voucher specimen collected as this is a species not recorded from Banks Peninsula before.
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Slater Spider (Dysdera crocata)Observer
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No idea of ID of this beautiful beast. Just going off the only suggestion on the iOS app!
Was on the concrete wall inside my garage. Sumner, Christchurch.
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Small-leaved Kowhai (Sophora microphylla)Observer
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Don’t see many Kowhai seedlings surviving to this height (60cm approx.) in this dry area. Seems the silver/white poplar canopy is shading these enough to allow them to establish (another one found a few metres away).
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Evergreen Buckthorn (Rhamnus alaternus)Observer
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Growing under willow canopy in a great little wetland near loads of regenerating kahikatea.
Pretty wet conditions for a terrestrial weed!
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Late Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster coriaceus)Observer
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In CCC reserve.
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Kārearea (New Zealand Falcon) (Falco novaeseelandiae)Observer
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First time seeing a Karearea at the beach.
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Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus)Observer
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Present on a couple of locations on Dickeys Road and Coutts Island Road.
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New Zealand Swamp Nettle (Urtica perconfusa)Observer
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Under willow canopy in a wetland reserve.
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Blue Periwinkle (Vinca major)Observer
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Roadside weed. Adjacent to Ahuriri wetland reserve. So hopefully will not be present for long.
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Seep Monkeyflower (Erythranthe guttata)Observer
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Growing in shade under willow canopy so has large leaves.
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Hybrid Crack Willow (Salix × fragilis)Observer
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Roadside plant. Broken branches spreading into adjacent raupo.
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Needle-leaved Mountain Coprosma (Coprosma rugosa)Observer
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Grazed. So not a lot to make an ID on but guessing this.
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Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)Observer
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Seedlings still spreading from an old hemlock plantation in the middle of Thomas Bush beech forest.
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
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First white flowered one I have seen growing wild.
At least three separate plants present. Located on the lower Orari River, among many "normal" orange ones and tree lupin.
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Saltmeadow Rush (Juncus gerardi)Observer
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Exotic sward forming rush dominating this saltmarsh habitat adjacent to Ashley/Saltwater Creek Estuary.
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Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides)Observer
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Sapling growing under a willow canopy in an ECan reserve.
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Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)Observer
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Ahuriri Lagoon area. Growing under poplars by a drain.
