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List of trees native to New Zealand

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List of trees native to New Zealand

New Zealand's long geological isolation means that most of its flora is unique. There is 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.

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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 Māori language names into English. 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. This list also identifies which trees are endemic to New Zealand and which are threatened with extinction.

Pteridophyta (ferns)

  • Cyatheaceae & Dicksoniaceae (tree fern families)
  • Ponga or silver fern, Cyathea dealbata
  • Mamaku Cyathea medullaris
  • Mountain tree fern Cyathea colensoi
  • Gully tree fern Cyathea cunninghamii
  • Soft Tree fern Cyathea smithii
  • Tuakura Dicksonia lanata
  • Kuripaka or wheki-ponga Dicksonia fibrosa
  • New Zealand tree fern or wheki, Dicksonia squarrosa
  • Pinophyta (conifers)

  • Araucariaceae (kauri family)
  • Kauri Agathis australis
  • Podocarpaceae (yellow-wood family)
  • Kahikatea Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (formerly Podocarpus)
  • Manoao Lagarostrobos colensoi (syn. Manoao colensoi)
  • Lepidothamnus intermedius
  • Lepidothamnus laxifolius
  • Manoao Halocarpus kirkii
  • Halocarpus biformis
  • Halocarpus bidwillii
  • Mataī Prumnopitys taxifolia
  • Miro Prumnopitys ferruginea
  • Mountain Toatoa Phyllocladus alpinus
  • Rimu Dacrydium cupressinum
  • Tanekaha Phyllocladus trichomanoides
  • Tōtara Podocarpus totara
  • Hall's tōtara Podocarpus hallii
  • Needle-leaved tōtara Podocarpus acutifolius
  • Westland tōtara Podocarpus totara var. waihoensis
  • Mountain totara Podocarpus nivalis
  • Toatoa Phyllocladus toatoa (formerly Phyllocladus glaucus)
  • Cupressaceae (cypress family)
  • Kawaka Libocedrus plumosa
  • Pahautea Libocedrus bidwillii
  • Magnoliophyta (flowering plants)

  • Akeake
  • Akapuka Griselinia lucida
  • Beeches
  • Black beech Nothofagus solandri var. solandri
  • Hard beech Nothofagus truncata
  • Mountain beech Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides
  • Red beech Nothofagus fusca
  • Silver beech Nothofagus menziesii
  • Coprosmas
  • Chatham Islands karamu Coprosma chathamica (Chatham Islands)
  • Coprosma acutifolia (Kermadec Islands)
  • Coprosma ciliata
  • Coprosma dumosa
  • Coprosma macrocarpa subsp. minor
  • Coprosma pedicellata
  • Kanono Coprosma grandifolia
  • Karamu Coprosma lucida
  • Large-seeded coprosma Coprosma macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
  • Leafy coprosma Coprosma parviflora
  • Mikimiki Coprosma linariifolia
  • Stinkwood Coprosma foetidissima
  • Taupata Coprosma petiolata (Kermadec Islands)
  • Cabbage trees Cordyline
  • Cabbage tree Cordyline australis
  • Dwarf cabbage tree Cordyline pumilio
  • Forest cabbage tree Cordyline banksii
  • Mountain cabbage tree Cordyline indivisa
  • Three Kings cabbage tree Cordyline obtecta
  • Dracophyllum (Dragon leaf)
  • Chatham Island grass tree Dracophyllum arboreum (Chatham Islands)
  • Dracophyllum acerosum
  • Dracophyllum fiordense
  • Dracophyllum townsonii
  • Gumland grass tree Dracophyllum lessonianum
  • Inaka / Inanga Dracophyllum longifolium
  • Inanga Dracophyllum filifolium
  • Mountain neinei Dracophyllum traversii
  • Neinei Dracophyllum latifolium
  • Slender dragon tree Dracophyllum elegantissimum
  • Totorowhiti Dracophyllum strictum
  • Variable inaka Dracophyllum trimorphum
  • Five finger Pseudopanax arboreus
  • Hīnau Elaeocarpus dentatus
  • Horopito
  • Lowland horopito Pseudowintera axillaris
  • Mountain horopito Pseudowintera colorata
  • Northland horopito Pseudowintera insperata
  • Kaikōmako Pennantia corymbosa
  • Kaka Beak Clianthus puniceus
  • Kawakawa Macropiper excelsum
  • Kāmahi Weinmannia racemosa
  • Kanuka
  • Geothermal kanuka Kunzea ericoides var. microflora
  • Great Barrier Island kanuka Kunzea sinclairii
  • Kanuka Kunzea ericoides var. ericoides
  • Kapuka Griselinea littoralis
  • Karaka Corynocarpus laevigatus
  • Kohekohe Dysoxylum spectabile
  • Koromiko Hebe salicifolia
  • Kōtukutuku Fuchsia excorticata
  • Kōwhai
  • Coastal kōwhai Sophora chathamica
  • Godley's kōwhai Sophora godleyi
  • Large-leaved kōwhai Sophora tetraptera
  • Limestone kōwhai Sophora longicarinata
  • Small-leaved kōwhai Sophora microphylla
  • Sophora fulvida
  • Lacebarks
  • Lacebark Hoheria populnea
  • Long-leaved lacebark Hoheria sexstylosa
  • Mountain lacebark Hoheria glabrata
  • Mountain lacebark Hoheria lyallii
  • Narrow-leaved houhere Hoheria angustifolia
  • Poor Knights houhere Hoheria equitum
  • Lancewoods
  • Lancewood Pseudopanax crassifolius
  • Toothed lancewood Pseudopanax ferox
  • Mamangi Coprosma arborea
  • Māhoe
  • Māhoe Melicytus ramiflorus
  • Narrow-leaved māhoe Melicytus lanceolatus
  • Maire Nestegis
  • Black maire Nestegis cunninghamii
  • Coastal maire Nestegis apetala
  • Narrow-leaved maire Nestegis montana
  • White maire Nestegis lanceolata
  • Makomako Aristotelia serrata
  • Manuka Leptospermum scoparium
  • Matagouri Discaria toumatou
  • Matipo
  • Black matipo, see Pittosporum tenuifolium
  • Coastal matipo Myrsine aquilonia
  • Chatham Island matipo Myrsine chathamica
  • Mt Burnett matipo Myrsine argentea
  • Red matipo Myrsine australis
  • Swamp matipo Myrsine coxii
  • Milk tree Streblus
  • Large-leaved milk tree Streblus banksii
  • Small-leaved milk tree Streblus heterophyllus
  • Three Kings milk tree Streblus smithii
  • Nikau Rhopalostylis sapida
  • Ngaio Myoporum laetum
  • Olearia (Tree daisy)
  • Akepiro Olearia furfuracea
  • Akeake Olearia avicenniifolia
  • Akiraho Olearia paniculata
  • Chatham Island akeake Olearia traversiorum
  • Coastal tree daisy Olearia solandri
  • Common tree daisy Olearia arborescens
  • Coromandel tree daisy Olearia townsonii
  • Fragrant tree daisy Olearia fragrantissima
  • Gardner's tree daisy Olearia gardneri
  • Great Barrier tree daisy Olearia allomii
  • Hector's tree daisy Olearia hectorii
  • Heketara Olearia rani var. colorata
  • Heketara Olearia rani var. rani
  • Keketerehe Olearia chathamica
  • Lancewood tree daisy Olearia lacunosa
  • Mountain holly Olearia ilicifolia
  • Musky tree daisy Olearia moschata
  • Olearia angulata
  • Olearia crebra
  • Olearia lineata
  • Small-leaved tree daisy Olearia fimbriata
  • Streamside tree daisy Olearia cheesemanii
  • Subantarctic tree daisy Olearia lyallii
  • Swamp akeake Olearia telmatica
  • Tanguru Olearia albida
  • Tētēaweka Olearia angustifolia
  • Pigeonwood Hedycarya arborea
  • Pittosporum
  • Black matipo Pittosporum tenufolium
  • Fairchild's kohuhu Pittosporum fairchildii
  • Haekaro Pittosporum umbellatum
  • Heart-leaved pittosporum Pittosporum obcordatum
  • Hutton's kohuhu Pittosporum huttonianum
  • Karo Pittosporum crassifolium
  • Karo Pittosporum ralphii
  • Lemonwood Pittosporum eugenioides
  • Pitpat Pittosporum patulum
  • Pittosporum ellipticum
  • Pittosporum virgatum
  • Turner's kohuhu Pittosporum turneri
  • Pōkākā Elaeocarpus hookerianus
  • Pōhutukawa
  • Kermedec pōhutukawa Metrosideros kermadecensis
  • Pōhutukawa Metrosideros excelsa
  • Pouteretere Leptecophylla robusta
  • Puka Meryta sinclairii
  • Pukatea Laurelia novae-zelandiae
  • Putaputawētā Carpodetus serratus
  • Nothofagus sp.
  • Puriri Vitex lucens
  • Ramarama Lophomyrtus bullata
  • Rātā
  • Bartlett's rātā Metrosideros bartlettii
  • Northern rātā Metrosideros robusta
  • Parkinson's rātā Metrosideros parkinsonii
  • Southern rātā Metrosideros umbellata
  • Rautini Brachyglottis huntii
  • Rewarewa Knightia excelsa
  • Ribbonwood
  • Ribbonwood Plagianthus betulinus
  • Chatham Island ribbonwood Plagianthus regius subsp. chathamicus
  • Lowland ribbonwood Plagianthus regius subsp. regius
  • Swamp maire Syzygium maire
  • Taraire Beilschmiedia tarairi
  • Tawa Beilschmiedia tawa
  • Tōwai Weinmannia silvicola
  • Taupata Coprosma repens
  • Tawāpou Pouteria costata
  • Titoki Alectryon excelsus
  • Toro Rapanea salicina
  • Wharangi Melicope ternata
  • Whau Entelea aborescens (corkwood)
  • References

    List of trees native to New Zealand Wikipedia


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