NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 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)

- Akeake
- Cabbage tree Cordyline australis
- Five finger
- Hinau
- Kaka Beak
- Kamahi
- Kanuka
- Kapuka Griselinea littoralis
- Kotukutuku Fuchsia excorticata
- Kowhai Sophora tetraptera, S. microphylla
- Lancewood
- Manuka
- Matagouri
- Nikau
- Pittosporum Pittosporum spp.
- Pohutukawa Metrosideros excelsa
- Puka Meryta sinclarii
- Puriri
- Rata Metrosideros robusta (Northern Rata), M. umbellata (Southern Rata)
- Rewarewa
- Taraire
- Tawa
- Titoki

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Results from FactBites:

Encyclopedia4U - Trees of New Zealand - Encyclopedia Article (147 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 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 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (5299 words)
	New Zealand was initially administered as a part of the colony of New South Wales, and it became a separate colony in November 1840.
	New Zealand was involved in a Constitutional Convention in March 1891 in Sydney, New South Wales, along with the Australian colonies.
	Under the New Zealand Royal Titles Act (1953), Queen Elizabeth II is Queen of New Zealand and is represented as head of state by the Governor-General, Anand Satyanand.

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