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        • Francoa
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      • Perennials M - Z >
        • Oxypetalum coeruleum - Tweedia
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        • Andromeda polifolia 'Compacta'
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        • Indigofera decora
        • Jovellana violacea
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          • Weigela florida 'Variegata'
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        • NZ Oldest Fruit Tree
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        • Azara.
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        • Davidia involucrata. The Dove Tree
        • Eucryphia cordifolia
        • Hibiscus tiliaceus
      • Trees I - N >
        • Illicium anisatum
        • Illicium henryi
        • Illicium majus
        • Illicium verum
        • Lagunaria
        • Leucosceptrum canum
        • Magnolia campbellii
        • Melia azedarach. Bead tree
        • Metasequoia glyptostroboides
        • Morus, Mulberry
      • Trees O - Z >
        • Parrotia persica
        • Psoralea pinnata
        • ​Pterocarya fraxinifolia
        • Styrax japonicus
        • Sycopsis sinensis
        • Theobroma cacao - Cocoa or Chocolate Bean
        • Wollemia nobilis
  • NZ Flora
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      • Acrothamnus colensoi
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        • Leptinella atrata subsp atrata
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        • Clematis afoliata
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      • Arthropodium cirratum
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      • Cyathea medullaris
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      • Astelia nervosa
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        • Lobelia anceps
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      • Alseusmia quercifolia
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      • Leptospermum scoparium
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      • Pachystegia insignis
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      • Styphelia nesophila
      • Veronica lavaudiana
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    • New Zealand Trees >
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        • Alectryon excelsus
      • Agathus australis
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      • Corynocarpus laevigatus
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      • Elaeocarpus dentatus var. dentatus. Hinau
      • Elaeocarpus hookerianus. Pōkākā
      • Entelea arborescens
      • Fuscospora cliffortioides.
      • Fuscospora fusca
      • Fuscospora solandri
      • Fuscospora truncata
      • Hedycarya arborea
      • Hoheria lyallii
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      • Laurelia novae-zelandiae
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      • Meryta sinclairii
      • Metrosideros excelsa NZ Christmas Tree
      • Metrosideros fulgens
      • Metrosideros umbellata
      • Pennantia baylisiana
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      • Phyllocladus alpinus
      • Planchonella costata
      • Prumnopitys taxifolia
      • Pseudopanax crassifolius
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      • Pseudopanax linearis
      • Pterophylla racemosa
      • Quintinia serrata
      • Rhopalostylis sapida
      • Schefflera digitata
      • Sophora microphylla
      • Sophora fulvida
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      • Foggy Paek 8 Jan 2022
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      • Mount Hutt Dec 2017
      • Mt Hutt 7 Nov 2018
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      • Mt Hutt 30 Jan 2024
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    • Otira Valley Dec 2014
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      • 19 Battalion Memorial at Victoria Park
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