This plant list has been compiled by the stated observer(s) and been provided to NZPCN for public use in good faith. NZPCN cannot guarantee that data contained in these lists are up to date or accurate. Most species lists are not corroborated with herbarium specimens. Note, species lists are not typically an exhaustive presence/absence survey of an area and often may focus on a single habitat or only contain species visible at a particular time of year (for example, spring annual herbs may go unobserved during much of the year). These lists should not be solely relied on for the purpose of assessing environmental effects or for preparing restoration plans - for this work a site visit is critical.

Site name: Lake Benmore Islands (12) (LBEN)

List name: Canterbury SR

Source/Observer: Canterbury SR GC Kelly

Number of observations: 81

District: Waitaki District

Date: 18/10/1971

SpeciesStructural classConservation statusNative/Exotic
Acaena caesiiglauca
(glaucus bidibid, piripiri)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Achnatherum petrieiGrassesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Aciphylla aurea
(golden spaniard, golden speargrass)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Anisotome aromatica
(aromatic aniseed, kopoti, common aniseed)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Anisotome brevistylis
(native carrot)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Anthosachne falcis
(grass)
GrassesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Aristotelia fruticosa
(mountain wineberry)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Asplenium flabellifolium
(butterfly fern, walking fern, necklace fern)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Asplenium hookerianum var. hookerianum
(Hooker's spleenwort)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Asplenium richardii
(Richard's spleenwort)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Asplenium trichomanes
(spleenwort)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Austroblechnum penna-marina subsp. alpina
(little hard fern, alpine hard fern)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Brachyglottis haastiiHerbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Carmichaelia petriei
(desert broom)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsAt Risk – DecliningNative
Celmisia gracilenta
(common mountain daisy, pekapeka)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Chaerophyllum novae-zelandiae
(myrrh)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Cheilanthes distans
(woolly cloak fern, woolly rock fern)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Clematis marata
(clematis)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Colobanthus brevisepalus
(pin cushion)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Colobanthus strictusHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Convolvulus verecundus f. verecundus
(trailing bindweed, tussock bindweed)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsThreatened – Nationally VulnerableNative
Coprosma propinqua var. propinqua
(mingimingi)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Crassula multicaulisHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesThreatened – Nationally EndangeredNative
Crassula sieberianaHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Cytisus scoparius
(wild broom)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Dichondra repens
(Mercury Bay weed, dichondra)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Discaria toumatou
(matagouri, tūmatakuru)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsAt Risk – DecliningNative
Epilobium rostratum
(willowherb)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Euchiton japonicusHerbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Festuca novae-zelandiae
(fescue tussock, hard tussock)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Haloragis erecta subsp. erecta
(toatoa, fire weed, shrubby haloragis)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Helichrysum filicaule
(creeping everlasting daisy, slender everlasting daisy)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae var. novae-zeelandiaeHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Juncus edgariae
(wiwi, Edgar's rush)
Rushes & Allied PlantsNot ThreatenedNative
Koeleria cheesemaniiGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Leptinella pusillaHerbs - Dicotyledonous compositesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiaeHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Limosella australis
(mudwort)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Luzula picta var. pictaRushes & Allied PlantsNot ThreatenedNative
Melicytus alpinus
(porcupine shrub)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Microtis unifolia
(onion-leaved orchid, microtis)
OrchidsNot ThreatenedNative
Muehlenbeckia axillaris
(creeping pōhuehue, creeping muehlenbeckia)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa
(small-leaved pōhuehue, scrub pōhuehue, wire vine)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Myriophyllum triphyllum
(Water milfoil)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Olearia odorata
(scented tree daisy)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Oxalis exilis
(creeping oxalis, yellow oxalis)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Ozothamnus leptophyllus
(tauhinu)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Pachycladon novae-zelandiaeHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Pentapogon crinitus
(long-hair plume grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa cita
(silver tussock)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa colensoi
(blue tussock)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa lindsayi
(Lindsay's poa)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa maniototo
(desert poa)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Polystichum vestitum
(punui, prickly shield fern)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbumHerbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Pteridium esculentum
(bracken, rarauhe, bracken fern)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Ranunculus multiscapus
(grassland buttercup)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Raoulia australis
(common scabweed)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Raoulia hookeri var. hookeri
(scabweed, scabweed mat daisy)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Raoulia monroi
(fan-leaved mat daisy)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesThreatened – Nationally VulnerableNative
Rosa rubiginosa
(sweet brier)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Rubus schmidelioides var. schmidelioides
(tātarāmoa, bush lawyer, white-leaved lawyer)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Rytidosperma carphoidesGrassesExotic
Rytidosperma setifolium
(bristle tussock, mountain danthonia)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Salix fragilis × S. euxina
(crack willow)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Sambucus nigra
(elder, elderflower, elderberry)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Schoenus pauciflorus
(bog rush, sedge tussock)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Scleranthus uniflorusHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Senecio matatini subsp. discoideusHerbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Senecio quadridentatus
(cotton fireweed, white fireweed, pahokoraka)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Sophora prostrata
(kōwhai, prostrate kōwhai)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Stellaria gracilenta
(slender chickweed)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Styphelia nesophila
(pātōtara, dwarf mingimingi)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Thelymitra longifolia
(white sun orchid, māikuku)
OrchidsNot ThreatenedNative
Trisetum tenellumGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Veronica pimeleoides subsp. pimeleoides
(hebe)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Vinca major
(periwinkle)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Viola cunninghamii
(mountain violet, white violet)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Vittadinia australis
(white fuzzweed)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Wahlenbergia albomarginata subsp. albomarginata
(New Zealand harebell, harebell)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Wahlenbergia violacea
(violet harebell)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative