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For a listing in order of Māori name, with species names for most, see the Flora of New Zealand list of vernacular names. The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network has published a list of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants including all 574 native trees and shrubs. [1] This list also identifies which trees are endemic to New Zealand and ...
Alectryon excelsus is a sub-canopy tree growing to 9 m (30 ft) in height. It has a twisting trunk with smooth dark bark, spreading branches and pinnate leaves. [2] Adult leaflets do not have marginal teeth or usually have very few, blunt and shallow marginal teeth and usually leaflet margins are downturned, whereas, in juvenile leaflets have leaflets with strong teeth and flat along the edges. [3]
This category lists trees that are native to New Zealand. For a list of common names see List of trees native to New Zealand Subcategories. This category has only the ...
This is a list of Māori plant common names.. Akakura; Akatea; Akeake; Aruhe; Hangehange; Harakeke; Heketara; Horoeka; Horokaka; Horopito; Houhere; Houpara; Hutu ...
New Zealand has ten species of tree ferns, [2] but there are numerous ground, climbing and perching smaller ferns to be found throughout the countries forests, the largest of which is the king fern. [ 3 ]
Matariki was established as a national day under New Zealand’s previous center-left government, which urged the country to embrace Māori culture. The government, however, was often decried for doing little to address woeful economic, health and justice issues for Māori that became entrenched after New Zealand was colonized in the 19th century.
Matariki – Māori New Year in Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand; Matariki: Awaiting their Ascent in Tangatawhenua.com; Matariki Festival; The First Lunar Month (June – July) at NZ Astronomy; Matariki Public Holiday information from the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment "Te Pire mō te Hararei Tūmatanui o te Kāhui o ...
Nothofagus menziesii, commonly known as silver beech (Māori: tawhai, tahina), is a tree of the southern beech family endemic to New Zealand.Its common name probably comes from the fact that its bark is whitish in colour, particularly in younger specimens. [2]