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Site name: Banks Peninsula & Kaitorete grasses (BANP)

List name: CBSJ 33

Source/Observer: CBSJ 33 H Wilson

Number of observations: 140

District: Christchurch City

Date: 01/01/1999

SpeciesStructural classConservation statusNative/Exotic
Agrostis capillaris
(browntop)
GrassesExotic
Agrostis gigantea
(redtop)
GrassesExotic
Agrostis personataGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Agrostis stolonifera
(creeping bent)
GrassesExotic
Aira caryophyllea subsp. caryophyllea
(silvery hair grass)
GrassesExotic
Aira praecox
(early hair grass)
GrassesExotic
Alopecurus geniculatus
(kneed foxtail)
GrassesExotic
Alopecurus pratensis
(meadow foxtail)
GrassesExotic
Anemanthele lessoniana
(gossamer grass)
GrassesAt Risk – RelictNative
Anthosachne kingiana subsp. multiflora
(blue grass, blue wheat grass)
GrassesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Anthosachne scabra
(blue wheat grass)
GrassesExotic
Anthosachne solandri
(native wheatgrass, blue wheatgrass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Anthoxanthum odoratum
(sweet vernal)
GrassesExotic
Anthoxanthum redolens
(holy grass, kāretu)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. elatius
(tall oat grass)
GrassesExotic
Austroderia richardii
(toetoe)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Austrostipa bigeniculataGrassesExotic
Austrostipa flavescensGrassesExotic
Austrostipa nodosaGrassesExotic
Austrostipa scabraGrassesExotic
Austrostipa stuposaGrassesExotic
Avena fatua
(wild oat)
GrassesExotic
Briza maxima
(large quaking grass)
GrassesExotic
Briza minor
(shivery grass)
GrassesExotic
Bromus diandrus
(ripgut brome)
GrassesExotic
Bromus hordeaceus
(soft brome)
GrassesExotic
Bromus lithobius
(Chilean brome)
GrassesExotic
Bromus stamineus
(spikey brome)
GrassesExotic
Bromus sterilis
(barren brome)
GrassesExotic
Bromus willdenowii
(prairie grass)
GrassesExotic
Calamagrostis arenaria
(marram grass)
GrassesExotic
Catapodium rigidum
(hard grass)
GrassesExotic
Cenchrus clandestinus
(kikuyu grass)
GrassesExotic
Cenchrus macrourus
(African feather grass)
GrassesExotic
Chionochloa conspicua subsp. conspicua
(hunangamoho, broad-leaved bush tussock)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Chionochloa rigida subsp. rigida
(narrow-leaved snow tussock)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Cortaderia jubata
(purple pampas grass)
GrassesExotic
Cortaderia selloana
(pampas grass)
GrassesExotic
Cynodon dactylon
(Bermuda grass)
GrassesExotic
Cynosurus cristatus
(crested dogstail)
GrassesExotic
Cynosurus echinatus
(rough dogstail)
GrassesExotic
Dactylis glomerata
(cocksfoot)
GrassesExotic
Danthonia decumbens
(heath grass)
GrassesExotic
Deschampsia cespitosa
(tufted hair-grass, wavy hair-grass)
GrassesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Deschampsia chapmaniiGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Deschampsia tenella
(hair grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Digitaria sanguinalis
(summer grass)
GrassesExotic
Echinochloa crus-galli
(barnyard grass)
GrassesExotic
Echinopogon ovatus
(forest hedgehog grass, hedgehog grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Ehrharta erecta
(veldt grass)
GrassesExotic
Elytrigia repens
(couch)
GrassesExotic
Festuca actae
(Banks Peninsula fescue)
GrassesAt Risk – Naturally UncommonNative
Festuca bromoides
(vulpia hair grass, brome fescue, squirrel-tailed fescue)
GrassesExotic
Festuca myuros
(vulpia hair grass, rat's tail fescue)
GrassesExotic
Festuca novae-zelandiae
(fescue tussock, hard tussock)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Festuca rubra subsp. commutataGrassesExotic
Festuca rubra subsp. rubra
(red fescue)
GrassesExotic
Glyceria declinata
(blue sweet grass, glaucous sweet grass)
GrassesExotic
Glyceria notata
(floating sweetgrass)
GrassesExotic
Hainardia cylindrica
(barb grass)
GrassesExotic
Holcus lanatus
(Yorkshire fog)
GrassesExotic
Hordeum marinum subsp. gussoneanum
(Mediterranean barley grass)
GrassesExotic
Hordeum marinum subsp. marinum
(salt barley grass)
GrassesExotic
Hordeum murinum subsp. murinum
(barley grass)
GrassesExotic
Koeleria lepidaGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Koeleria novozelandicaGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Lachnagrostis billardierei subsp. billardierei
(sand wind grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Lachnagrostis filiformis
(New Zealand wind grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Lachnagrostis littoralis subsp. salaria
(southern coastal wind grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Lachnagrostis lyallii
(mountain wind grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Lachnagrostis pilosa subsp. pilosa
(robust wind grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Lachnagrostis tenuis
(wind grass)
GrassesThreatened – Nationally VulnerableNative
Lagurus ovatus
(harestail)
GrassesExotic
Leymus arenarius
(lyme grass)
GrassesExotic
Leymus racemosus
(Siberian lyme grass)
GrassesExotic
Lolium arundinaceum subsp. arundinaceum
(tall fescue)
GrassesExotic
Lolium multiflorum
(Italian ryegrass)
GrassesExotic
Lolium perenne
(perennial rye grass)
GrassesExotic
Lolium temulentum
(darnel)
GrassesExotic
Microlaena avenacea
(bush rice grass, oat grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Microlaena polynoda
(bamboo grass, bamboo)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Microlaena stipoides
(meadow rice grass, slender rice grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Milium effusumGrassesExotic
Nassella trichotoma
(nassella tussock)
GrassesExotic
Oloptum miliaceum
(smilo grass)
GrassesExotic
Parapholis incurva
(sickle grass)
GrassesExotic
Paspalum dilatatum
(paspalum)
GrassesExotic
Pentapogon avenoides
(mountain oat grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Pentapogon crinitus
(long-hair plume grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Pentapogon youngiiGrassesAt Risk – Naturally UncommonNative
Phalaris aquatica
(phalaris)
GrassesExotic
Phalaris canariensis
(canary grass)
GrassesExotic
Phalaris minor
(lesser canary grass)
GrassesExotic
Phleum pratense
(Timothy)
GrassesExotic
Pleioblastus chinoGrassesExotic
Poa anceps
(broad-leaved poa)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa annua
(annual poa)
GrassesExotic
Poa astonii
(blue shore tussock)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa billardierei
(sand tussock, hinarepe)
GrassesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Poa breviglumisGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa cita
(silver tussock)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa colensoi
(blue tussock)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa imbecilla
(weak poa)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa infirma
(annual poa)
GrassesExotic
Poa labillardierei
(rough poa tussock)
GrassesExotic
Poa lindsayi
(Lindsay's poa)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa matthewsiiGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa pratensis
(Kentucky bluegrass)
GrassesExotic
Poa pusillaGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa trivialis
(rough-stalked meadow grass)
GrassesExotic
Polypogon monspeliensis
(beard grass)
GrassesExotic
Pseudosasa japonica
(arrow bamboo)
GrassesExotic
Puccinellia distans
(reflexed salt grass)
GrassesExotic
Puccinellia fasciculata
(salt grass)
GrassesExotic
Puccinellia walkeri
(Walker's saltgrass)
GrassesAt Risk – Naturally UncommonNative
Rytidosperma buchananiiGrassesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Rytidosperma caespitosumGrassesExotic
Rytidosperma carphoidesGrassesExotic
Rytidosperma clavatum
(bristle grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Rytidosperma corinum
(bristle grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Rytidosperma gracile
(dainty bristle grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Rytidosperma maculatumGrassesData DeficientNative
Rytidosperma merumGrassesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Rytidosperma pilosumGrassesExotic
Rytidosperma racemosum
(danthonia)
GrassesExotic
Rytidosperma thomsoniiGrassesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Rytidosperma unarede
(bristle grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Secale cereale
(rye)
GrassesExotic
Setaria verticillata
(rough bristle grass)
GrassesExotic
Spartina anglica
(spartina hybrid, cordgrass)
GrassesExotic
Spinifex sericeus
(spinifex, kōwhangatara)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Sporobolus africanus
(rat's tail)
GrassesExotic
Stenostachys gracilisGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Stenostachys laevis
(grassland wheatgrass)
GrassesAt Risk – Naturally UncommonNative
Stenotaphrum secundatum
(buffalo grass)
GrassesExotic
Themeda triandraGrassesExotic
Thinopyrum junceiformeGrassesExotic
Triticum aestivumGrassesExotic
xAgropogon littoralisGrassesExotic
Zoysia minima
(prickly couch, zoysia)
GrassesAt Risk – DecliningNative