Apodasmia similis

Jointed wire rush, Jointed rush, Oioi

Apodasmia similes is a bluish-green native rush with dark bands along the stem of the leaves and is endemic to New Zealand.

Carex buchananii

Buchanans sedge

A very distinct and singular species easily recognized by the mostly reddish brown culms and leaves, rather tall, stiffly erect tufted habit.

Carex dipsacea

Endemic. New Zealand: North and South Islands. Widespread from about the northern Waikato South.

Carex dissita

Endemic flat-leaved sedge with an arching habit, it grows 45-80cm tall. It forms bright green or reddish clumps. It is found throughout New Zealand’s North, South and Stewart Islands, in lowland to montane forest, scrub and swampy areas.

Carex flagellifera

Glen Murray tussock, Trip Me Up

Densely tufted very hardy sedge growing up to 50 cm high. It is found growing in a range of conditions throughout New Zealand (coastal to montane).

Carex lambertiana

Forest sedge

Native sedge(> 1m tall) which is endemic to New Zealand. In the North Island, it is abundant from Te Paki to about the southern Waikato, otherwise uncommon.

Carex lessoniana/ geminata

Rautahi, Spreading swamp sedge

Carex lessoniana/ geminata is a robust wetland sedge found throughout New Zealand but only sporadically in the far south.

Carex maorica

Maori sedge

Light green to yellow-green tufted native sedge endemic to New Zealand. It grows to 50cm or so tall and flowers from October –December.

Carex secta

Purei

Carex secta is a common endemic sedge of coastal and swampy areas throughout New Zealand.

Carex solandri

Carex solandri is a common sedge (H 50cmx W 50cm) with drooping fresh green leaves forming yellow-green tufts.

Carex testacea

Coastal to montane. In sand dunes, coastal forest and scrub, dense forest, Seeds November - May

Carex trifida

Mutton-bird Sedge

Carex Trifida is a coastal plant often associated with seal haul outs and sea bird nesting grounds, especially - as the common name suggests - muttonbirds. Ususally in open sites, very rarely found in canopy gaps in coastal forests.

Carex uncinata

The most variable of the New Zealand species. It is chiefly distinguished by the number of female flowers which range from 35-180, and by the length of spikes (55-200 mm long).

Carex unicinata var banksiana

Fine-leaved hook sedge

Densely tufted, bright green to blue-green plants. Culms 100-350 mm long, much < 0.5 mm diameter, glabrous, terete; basal bracts dull reddish brown.

Carex virgata

swamp sedge, pukio

A fast growing sedge often popular in wetland restoration and riparian planting.

Carpodetus serratus

Putaputaweta, marbleleaf

Endemic. Widespread throughout Aotearoa at forest margins and stream sides. It grows with an open framework once mature to 8 m suited as a specimen tree or keep clipped as a hedge. Will grow on the coast. Evergreen.

Coprosma propinqua

Mingimingi

Coprosma tenuicaulis

Hukihuki, Swamp coprosma

Endemic. An erect bushy wetland shrub growing to 4m with long thin twigs bearing pairs of thin rounded mottled leaves on short flattened leaf stalks. Found in lowland swamps and boggy areas, poorly drained shrub land and riparian forests of the North and South Islands, with the ability to grow in water up to 30 cm deep.

Cordyline australis

Tī kouka, Cabbage tree

Endemic. Characteristic of our landscape, they are common throughout Aotearoa from coast to montane riparian forest. An iconic palm-like tree growing to 8m with an erect rough barked trunk branching into tufts of tough long narrow pointed leaves and featuring bushy sprays of small white fragrant flowers. Dead leaves often form a skirt around branches.

Harakeke

Phormium tenax