List of trees native to New Zealand

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Native forest on Stewart Island / Rakiura

New Zealand's long geological isolation means that most of its flora is unique, with many durable hard woods. 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 / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana 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 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.[1] This list also identifies which trees are endemic to New Zealand and which are threatened with extinction.

Species[]

Pteridophyta (ferns)[]

  • Cyatheaceae (a tree fern family)
    • Ponga or silver fern, Cyathea dealbata
    • Mamaku Cyathea medullaris
    • Mountain tree fern Cyathea colensoi
    • Gully tree fern Cyathea cunninghamii
    • Soft tree fern Cyathea smithii
  • Dicksoniaceae (a tree fern family)
    • Tuakura Dicksonia lanata
    • Kuripaka or wheki-ponga Dicksonia fibrosa
    • New Zealand tree fern or wheki, Dicksonia squarrosa
See also: List of native New Zealand ferns

Pinophyta (conifers)[]

Angiosperms (flowering plants)[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ NZPCN (2006). New Zealand indigenous vascular plant checklist. ISBN 0-473-11306-6. Written by Peter de Lange, John W.D. Sawyer and J.R. Rolfe.

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