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Encyclopedia > List of trees of New Zealand

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 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 Maori language names into English. For a listing in order of Maori name, with species and family names for most, see the list in Wikipedia Maori (http://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C4%81rangi_r%C4%81kau).

Contents
1 List of species:

1.1 Pteridophyta (ferns)
1.2 Pinophyta (conifers)
1.3 Magnoliophyta (broadleaf trees)

List of species:

Pteridophyta (ferns)

  • Cyatheaceae & Dicksoniaceae (tree fern families)
    • Ponga Cyathea dealbata
    • Tuokuro Dicksonia lanata
    • Kuripaka or Wheki-ponga Dicksonia fibrosa
    • 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)
    • Matai Prumnopitys taxifolia
    • Miro Prumnopitys ferruginea
    • Mountain Toatoa Phyllocladus alpinus
    • Rimu Dacrydium cupressinum
    • Tanekaha Phyllocladus trichomanoides
    • Totara Podocarpus totara
    • Toatoa Phyllocladus toatoa
  • Cupressaceae (cypress family)
    • Kawaka Libocedrus plumosa
    • Pahautea Libocedrus bidwillii

Magnoliophyta (broadleaf trees)


  Results from FactBites:
 
List of trees of New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (178 words)
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 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.
New Zealand - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (2779 words)
New Zealand is responsible for the self-governing states of the Cook Islands and Niue and administers Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
New Zealand was involved in a Constitutional Convention in March 1891 in Sydney, New South Wales, along with the then-Australian Colonies.
New Zealand's most popular sports are rugby (primarily rugby union but also rugby league), soccer (the most popular sport amongst children), cricket, and netball (the sport with the most players); golf, tennis, rowing, cycling and a variety of water sports, particularly sailing.
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