HERE’S THE PLANT LIST OF OUR GREAT RANGE OF HAWKE’S BAY NATIVE PLANTS
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Photo | Common name | Genus | Species | Notes | Main type | Additional type | Attracts |
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![]() | oioi, jointed rush | Apodasmia | similis | sculptural rush | Wetland | Coastal/Beach | |
![]() | titoki | Alectryon | excelsus | good grade, needs shade to 17m | Secondary/Shade | ![]() ![]() |
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![]() | gossamer grass | Anemanthele | lessoniana | wispy and elegant for dry sites | Groundcovers | ||
![]() | wineberry | Aristotelia | serrata | great bird food, to 8m | Restoration/Revegetation | ![]() ![]() |
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![]() | mini rengarenga | Arthropodium | candidum | elegant groundcover for damper sites | Groundcovers | Rare & Uncommon | |
![]() | rengarenga lily | Arthropodium | cirrhatum | perfect groundcover for dry shade | Groundcovers | ||
![]() | droopy toetoe | Austroderia | fulvida | fast growing coloniser | Restoration/Revegetation | Wetland Species | |
![]() | toetoe | Austroderia | toetoe | fast growing coloniser | Restoration/Revegetation | Coastal/Beach | ![]() |
![]() | tawa | Beilschmiedia | tawa | needs shade, to 20m | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
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![]() | brown sedge | Carex | comans | small brown tussock like sedge | Groundcovers | ![]() |
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![]() | Carex | geminata | fast growing cutty grass | Wetland | ![]() |
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![]() | pukio | Carex | secta | fast growing | Wetland | ![]() |
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![]() | Trip Me Up | Carex | testacea (ne) | bronze weeping habit | Groundcovers | ||
![]() | Carex | virgata | drier sites than pukio | Wetland | ![]() |
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![]() | putaputaweta | Carpodetus | serratus | elegant small tree to 10m | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
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![]() | Te Mata snow tussock | Chionochloa | flavicans | half sized toetoe in form | Rare & Uncommon | ||
![]() | kakabeak | Clianthus | maximus | Shines Falls source (and other sites too) | Rare & Uncommon | ||
![]() | sand coprosma | Coprosma | acerosa | Ocean Beach source | Coastal/Beach | ||
![]() | Coprosma | crassifolia | yellow or white berries to 5m | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
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![]() | kanono | Coprosma | grandifolia | needs shade to 7m | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
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![]() | mingimingi | Coprosma | propinqua | tough, good for wet areas, to 7m | Restoration/Revegetation | Wetland | ![]() |
![]() | Coprosma | rhamnoides | shrubby, red or black berries to 2m | Restoration/Revegetation | |||
![]() | karamu | Coprosma | robusta | good for regeneration, to 5m | Restoration/Revegetation | ||
![]() | Coprosma | X kirkii | fast growing bronze and prostrate | Groundcovers | ![]() |
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![]() | cabbage tree/te kouka | Cordyline | australis | suitable wide range sites | Restoration/Revegetation | Wetland | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Banks' cabbage tree | Cordyline | banksii | elegant drooping form to 4m | Secondary/Shade | ||
![]() | corokia | Corokia | Geentys Green | grey shrubby plant good for hedging | Other | ![]() |
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![]() | karaka | Corynocarpus | laevigatus | needs shade to start with, to 18m | Secondary/Shade | Coastal/Beach | ![]() |
![]() | giant umbrella sedge | Cyperus | ustulatus | robust coloniser wetlands | Wetland Species | ![]() |
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![]() | kahikatea | Dacrydium | dacrydioides | tall tree, bird food to 60m | Secondary/Shade | Wetland | ![]() |
![]() | rimu | Dacrydium | cupressinum | forest giant, prefers damp shady start | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
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![]() | blueberry | Dianella | nigra | lush clumpy plant with dramatic berries | Groundcovers | ||
![]() | iceplant | Disphyma | australe | spreading mat, very rare in HB | Coastal/Beach | ||
![]() | akeake | Dodonaea | viscosa | small tree good for dry, to 10m | Restoration/Revegetation | ||
![]() | kutakuta | Eleocharis | sphacelata | sedge, likes deep water, leaves up to 2m | Wetland | ||
![]() | whau | Entelea | arborescens | dramatic large leaved fast growing | Coastal/Beach | ||
![]() | wiwi knobby clubrush | Ficinia | nodosa | wetland species | Wetland | Coastal/Beach | |
![]() | pingao | Ficinia | spiralis | sand binding species | Coastal/Beach | ||
![]() | tree fuchsia / kotukutuku | Fuchsia | excorticata | elegant small tree, moist sites to 12m | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
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![]() | red beech | Fuscospora | fusca | tall forest tree | Secondary/Shade | ||
![]() | broadleaf | Griselinea | littoralis | glossy green, hardy, good for hedging | Restoration/Revegetation | ||
![]() | lacebark | Hoheria | sextylosa | fast growing, to 8m | Restoration/Revegetation | ||
![]() | kanuka | Kunzea | ericoides | dry sites, to 16m | Restoration/Revegetation | ![]() |
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![]() | Leptinella | Platts Black | flat dark groundcover for shade or sun | Groundcovers | |||
![]() | manuka | Leptospermum | scoparium | wetter sites, to 8m | Restoration/Revegetation | Wetland | ![]() |
![]() | NZ iris | Libertia | grandiflora | attractive white flowers ethereal in spring | Groundcovers | ||
![]() | rohutu | Lophomyrtus | obcordata | elegant heart shaped leaves | Secondary/Shade | ||
![]() | pepepe | Machaerina | sinclairii | great sedge for damp areas of garden | Groundcovers | ||
![]() | kawakawa | Macropiper | excelsum | understorey shrub 3-7m | Secondary/Shade | ||
![]() | mahoe/whiteywood | Melicytus | ramiflorus | fast growing understorey to 10m | Secondary/Shade | ||
![]() | pohutukawa | Metrosideros | excelsa (ne) | NZ Christmas tree | Coastal/Beach | ![]() ![]() |
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![]() | Kermadec pohutukawa | Metrosideros | kermadensis (ne) | flowers year round, elegant coastal tree | Coastal/Beach | ![]() ![]() |
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![]() | wiggywig | Muehlenbeckia | astonii (ne) | rare shrub with zig-zaggy branches | Rare & Uncommon | ||
![]() | creeping pohuehue | Muehlenbeckia | axillaris | small leaved mat plant from Kawekas | Groundcovers | ![]() ![]() |
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![]() | creeping pohuehue | Muehlenbeckia | complexa | fast growing scrambler, good cover | Restoration/Revegetation | Coastal/Beach | ![]() |
![]() | leafless pohuehue | Muehlenbeckia | ephedroides | rare plant for gravel beach | Coastal/Beach | Rare & Uncommon | |
![]() | ngaio | Myoporum | laetum | hardy & fast growing, to 8m | Restoration/Revegetation | Coastal/Beach | ![]() |
![]() | mapou | Myrsine | australis | slow growing but very hardy | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
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![]() | black maire | Nestegis | cunninghamii | forest giant, prefers damp shady start | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
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![]() | Gardner's tree daisy | Olearia | gardnerii | very rare small tree | Rare & Uncommon | ||
![]() | coastal tree daisy | Olearia | solandri | hardy restoration species, to 5m | Restoration/Revegetation | Wetland | |
![]() | tauhinu | Ozothamnus | leptophyllus | for hot hard restoration sites, to 5m | Restoration/Revegetation | ||
![]() | NZ jasmine | Parsonsia | capsularis | beautifully scented climber | Climbers | ![]() |
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![]() | passionvine | Passiflora | tetrandra | spectacular climber | Climbers | ![]() ![]() |
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![]() | kaikomako | Pennantia | corymbosa | elegant columnar tree | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
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![]() | coastal flax | Phormium | cookianum | tough and hardy, 1.5mx1.5m | Restoration/Revegetation | Coastal/Beach | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | Emerald Gem flax | Phormium | sp (ne) | up to a metre high | Groundcovers | ||
![]() | swamp flax | Phormium | tenax | up to 3m high | Restoration/Revegetation | Wetland | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | sand daphne | Pimelea | urvilleana | blue grey hebe-like white flowers cute | Coastal/Beach | ||
![]() | tarata/lemonwood | Pittosporum | eugeniodies | pale green foliage to 13m | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
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![]() | Ralph's karo | Pittosporum | ralphii | toughest plant for HB, to 5m | Restoration/Revegetation | ![]() ![]() |
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![]() | kohuhu | Pittosporum | tennuifolium | fast growing, to 10m | Restoration/Revegetation | ![]() |
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![]() | tent pole tree | Pittosporum | turnerii | uncommon species for high altitude | Secondary/Shade | ||
![]() | saltmarsh ribbonwood | Plagianthus | divaricatus | perfect for estuarine edges to 3m | Coastal/Beach | ||
![]() | ribbonwood | Plagianthus | regius | fast growing, deciduous to 17m | Restoration/Revegetation | Wetland | ![]() |
![]() | sand tussock | Poa | billardierei | rare in Hawke's Bay | Coastal/Beach Species | Rare & Uncommon | |
![]() | Hall's totara | Podocarpus | hallii | high altitude podocarp | Rare & Uncommon | ![]() |
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![]() | totara | Podocarpus | totara | timber species, bird food | Restoration/Revegetation | ![]() |
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![]() | kumeraho | Pomaderris | amoena | small hebe-like shrub for dry banks | Groundcovers | ||
![]() | matai | Prumnopitys | taxifolia | slow growing magnificent tree to 40m | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
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![]() | five-finger | Pseudopanax | arboreus | fast growing understorey to 10m | Secondary/Shade | ![]() ![]() |
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![]() | lancewood | Pseudopanax | crassifolius | great for landscaping, to 13m | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
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![]() | pepper tree / horopito | Pseudowintera | colorata | colourful shrub, hardy | Secondary/Shade | ||
![]() | nikau | Rhopalostylis | sapida | small plants, grow to 10m plus | Secondary/Shade | ![]() ![]() |
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![]() | pate | Schleffera | digitata | small tree for damp spots | Secondary/Shade | ||
![]() | Schoenoplectus | sp | tall, hollow stemmed rush, uncommon | Wetland | |||
![]() | remuremu | Selliera | radicans | turf mat for coastal sites and paving | Coastal/Beach | Groundcovers | |
![]() | poroporo | Solanum | aviculare | great bird food, to 4m | Restoration/Revegetation | ![]() |
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![]() | small leaved kowhai | Sophora | microphylla | from Central Hawke's Bay, to 10m, small leaved kowhai | Restoration/Revegetation | Secondary/Shade | |
![]() | Dragons Gold kowhai | Sophora | Dragons Gold | shrubby, good for hedging, flowers early | Other | ||
![]() | large leaved kowhai | Sophora | tetraptera | suits Napier Hastings and north | Restoration/Revegetation | Secondary/Shade | ![]() |
![]() | tecomanthe | Tecomanthe | speciosa | glossy large green leaved climber | Climbers | ||
![]() | NZ spinach | Tetragonia | tetragonoides | now rare in Hawke's Bay | Coastal/Beach | ||
![]() | Teucridium | parvifolium | elegant shrub with tiny white flowers, rare | Secondary/Shade | |||
![]() | fine leaved koromiko | Veronica | stenophylla | rounded form to 1.5m, good for bees | Restoration/Revegetation | ![]() |
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![]() | koromiko | Veronica | stricta | fast growing, good for bees, to 4m | Restoration/Revegetation | ![]() |
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![]() | hebe | Veronica | topiara | small compact grey hebe | Groundcovers | ![]() |
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![]() | hebe | Veronica | Wiri Mist | white flowering compact hebe | Groundcovers | ||
![]() | taupata | Coprosma | repens | great for hedges also, to 8m | Restoration/Revegetation | Coastal/Beach | ![]() |