New Zealand trees
indigenous & endemic to New Zealand, with their cultivars.
Trees - defined for this site as woody plants with a mature height
above 5m
Agathis
australis
- kauri pine, kauri
Alectryon excelsus - titoki
- RED
FRUIT / BLACK SEEDS PHOTO - TITOKI
FRUIT PHOTOGRAPHY
Araucaria
heterophylla - Norfolk Island Pine
Aristotelia
serrata - wineberry, makomako
- WINEBERRY
FLOWER PHOTOGRAPH - WINEBERRY
FOLIAGE
Araucaria
heterophylla - Norfolk Island Pine
Carpodetus
serratus - putaputaweta, marbleleaf
CORDYLINE
- cabbage tree photo gallery
Cordyline
australis - S. cabbage tree, ti kouka
Cordyline
australis 'Purpurea' - purple cabbage tree
Cordyline
australis x kaspar - S. cabbage tree
Cordyline
banksii - forest cabbage tree, ti ngahere
Cordyline
'Green Goddess' - dwarf cabbage tree cultivar
Cordyline
indivisa - mountain cabbage tree, toi
Cordyline
Karo Kiri - cabbage tree variant
Cordyline
Kirkii syn. 'Ti Tawhiti' - cabbage tree, ti kouka, ti
Cordyline
'Purple Tower' - cabbage tree cultivar
Corynocarpus
laevigatus 'Alba Variegatus' - variegated karaka
- KARAKA
BRIGHT NEW FOLIAGE
Corynocarpus
laevigatus - karaka, kopi
Dacrycarpus
dacrydioides - kahikatea
Dacrydium
cupressinum
- red pine, rimu
Dodonaea
viscosa 'Purpurea' - purple akeake
- LIGHT
SHINING THROUGH AKEAKE LEAVES - PURPLE
AKEAKE WINGED FRUIT
Dodonaea
viscosa - akeake
- AKEAKE
BARK - AKEAKE
WINGED SEEDS
Dracophyllum
traversii - mountain neinei, spiderwood
- SPIDERWOOD
MORE INFO / PICS
Elaeocarpus
dentatus - hinau
ELAEOCARPUS
FLOWERS - HINAU
FLOWERS - HINAU
DRUPES
Entelea
arborescens - New Zealand native mulberry, whau
WHAU
FLOWERS CLOSE-UP -
ENTELEA SPIKY SEED PODS PHOTO
Fuchsia
excorticata - tree Fuchsia, kotukutuku, giant Fuchsia
- GIANT
FUCHSIA AUTUMN LEAVES - TREE
FUCHSIA FLOWERS - MORE
PHOTOS
Griselinia
littoralis - broadleaf, kapuka, papauma
- BROADLEAF
BERRIES
Griselinia
lucida - puka
Hedycarya
arborea - pigeonwood
HOHERIA
- gallery of the 5 NZ endemic species
Hoheria
angustifolia - narrow-leaved houhere
Hoheria glabrata
- houhere, houhi
Hoheria lyallii
- mountain lacebark
Hoheria populnea
- lacebark, houhere, ribbonwood
Hoheria
populnea 'Variegata' - variegated houhere, lacbark
Hoheria
sexstylosa - houhere, lacebark
Knightia
excelsa - NZ honeysuckle, rewarewa
- REWAREWA
FLOWERS - MORE
REWAREWA FLOWERS
- KNIGHTIA EXCELSA
MORE AMAZING FLOWERS + LEAVES
KUNZEA
ERICOIDES - Kanuka gallery
Laurelia
novae-zelandiae - pukatea
Melicytus
ramiflorus - whiteywood, mahoe
- WHITEYWOOD
BERRY COLOUR VARIABLE FROM BLACK TO PURPLE
Meryta sinclairii
- puka, pukanui
- BOLD
FOLIAGE PHOTO - BERRIES
PHOTOGRAPH
METROSIDEROS
- Pohutukawa and Rata galleries
Myoporum laetum
- ngaio
- TINY
HOLES IN NGAIO LEAVES - NGAIO
FLOWERS - NGAIO COASTAL
HABITAT
Nothofagus
fusca - red beech
- FOLIAGE
PHOTO - YOUNG
RED BEECH LEAVES
Nothofagus
solandri - black / mountain beech
Phyllocladus
alpinus - mountain toatoa, mountain celery pine
Phyllocladus
trichomanoides -
celery pine, tanekaha
PITTOSPORUM
- NZ Pittosporum plants gallery
Podocarpus
cunninghamii
- thin-barked / mountain totara
Podocarpus
totara
- lowland totara
Pouteria costata syn. Planchonella costata - tawapou, orewa, pou
Prumnopitys
ferruginea - brown pine, miro
Prumnopitys
taxifolia
- black pine, matai
Pseudopanax
crassifolius - horoeka, lancewood
LANCEWOOD
- CRAZY LANCE-SHAPED
LEAVES IMAGE - YOUNG
LANCEWOOD LEAVES
Pseudopanax
ferox - fierce lancewood
- FIERCE
LANCEWOOD - ADULT
FOLIAGE PHOTO
Rhopalostylis
sapida - nikau palm
- NIKAU
PALM - YOUNG
NIKAU PALM UNDER TREE CANOPY
Sophora microphylla - South Island kowhai
- SOUTH
ISLAND KOWHAI FLOWERS & FOLIAGE - KOWHAI
FLOWERS & SEEDS
- SHRUBY
YOUNG KOWHAI TREE - MORE
KOWAI FLOWERS
Sophora
tetraptera - North Island kowhai
-
S.TETRAPTERA
FLOWERS WHILE TREE STILL YOUNG
- FLOWERS
ON 'TE ATATU GOLD' CULTIVAR
- NORTH
ISLAND KOWHHAI FLOWERS - FEATHERY
SUMMER FOLIAGE
- KOWHAI
FLOWERS - SEED
PODS
Toronia toru - toru
Vitex lucens
- puriri tree flowers
Weinmannia
racemosa - kamahi
Weinmannia
silvicola - towai, tawhero
- TOWAI
FLOWERS
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Zealand Native Ferns
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IDENTIFY
NZ TREES
Which
Native Tree?
Published, New Zealand, February 2009
This new
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known uses of each tree, from food and medicine, to dyes,
perfume, honey, bootlaces, fire-making and timber it also
explains how to grow each tree in your own garden... + a unique
new leaf identification key.
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NEW
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Know
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Published, New Zealand, March 2009
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Metcalf introduces a selection of the most interesting, iconic
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Written
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by full-page, full-colour portrait photographs.
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RECENT
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Plant
Heritage New Zealand
Published, New Zealand, Oct 2008
Focus
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Author: Tony Foster
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