List of trees native to New Zealand
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New Zealand's long geological isolation means that most of its flora is unique. There are a wide variety of native trees, adapted to all the various micro-climates in New Zealand. The native bush (forest) ranges from the subtropical Kauri forests of the northern North Island, temperate rainforests of the West Coast, the alpine forests of the Southern Alps and Fiordland to the coastal forests of the Abel Tasman National Park and the Catlins.
In the early period of British colonisation, many New Zealand trees were known by names derived from the names of unrelated European trees, but more recently the trend has been to adopt the native Mâori language names into English. For a listing in order of Mâori 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 which are threatened with extinction.
[edit] Pteridophyta (ferns)
Cyatheaceae & Dicksoniaceae (tree fern families)
Ponga or Silver Fern, Cyathea dealbata
Mamaku Cyathea medullaris
Tuakura Dicksonia lanata
Kuripaka or Wheki-ponga Dicksonia fibrosa
New Zealand Tree Fern or Wheki, Dicksonia squarrosa
[edit] Pinophyta (conifers)
Araucariaceae (kauri family)
Kauri Agathis australis
Podocarpaceae (yellow-wood family)
Kahikatea Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (formerly Podocarpus)
Manoao Lagarostrobos colensoi (syn. Manoao colensoi)
Matai Prumnopitys taxifolia
Miro Prumnopitys ferruginea
Mountain Toatoa Phyllocladus alpinus
Rimu Dacrydium cupressinum
Tanekaha Phyllocladus trichomanoides
Totara Podocarpus totara
Hall's totara Podocarpus hallii
Mountain or snow totara Podocarpus nivalis
Westland totara Podocarpus acutifolius
Toatoa Phyllocladus toatoa
Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Kawaka Libocedrus plumosa
Pahautea Libocedrus bidwillii
[edit] Magnoliophyta (broadleaf trees)
Akeake
Bartlett's râtâ Metrosideros bartlettii
Cabbage Tree Cordyline australis
Five finger Pseudopanax arboreus
Hinau
Kaikômako Pennantia corymbosa
Kaka Beak Clianthus puniceus
Kawakawa Macropiper excelsum
Kâmahi Weinmannia racemosa
Kanuka Kunzea ericoides
Kapuka Griselinea littoralis
Karaka Corynocarpus laevigatus
Kohekohe Dysoxylum spectabile
Kotukutuku Fuchsia excorticata
Kowhai Sophora tetraptera, S. microphylla
Lancewood Pseudopanax crassifolius, P. ferox
Manuka
Mahoe Melicytus ramiflorus
Maire Syzygium maire
Matagouri
Nikau Rhopalostylis sapida
Northern râtâ Metrosideros robusta
Pittosporum Pittosporum spp.
Pôhutukawa Metrosideros excelsa
Puka Meryta sinclairii
Puriri Vitex lucens
Rewarewa Knightia excelsa
Southern râtâ Metrosideros umbellata
Taraire Beilschmiedia tarairi
Tawa Beilschmiedia tawa
Titoki Alectryon excelsus
Whau Entelea aborescens (Corkwood)
