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Site name: Matata Estuary from Kaituna mouth (MTTE)

Source/Observer: APD 258 PCN716 AP Druce

Number of observations: 89

District: Whakatane District

Date: 26/02/2004

SpeciesStructural classConservation statusNative/Exotic
Apodasmia similis
(jointed wire rush, oioi)
Rushes & Allied PlantsNot ThreatenedNative
Arctotheca calendula
(Cape weed)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Atriplex prostrata
(orache)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Avicennia marina subsp. australasica
(manawa, mangrove)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
(marsh clubrush, kukuraho, purua grass)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Bromus diandrus
(ripgut brome)
GrassesExotic
Bromus willdenowii
(prairie grass)
GrassesExotic
Cakile maritima subsp. maritima
(sea rocket)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Calystegia sepium subsp. roseata
(pink bindweed)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Calystegia soldanella
(shore bindweed, shore convolvulus, rauparaha)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Carex comans
(sedge)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Carex pumila
(sand sedge)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Carex testacea
(speckled sedge, trip me up)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Carpobrotus edulis
(ice plant)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Cenchrus clandestinus
(kikuyu grass)
GrassesExotic
Coprosma repens
(taupata, looking glass plant, mirror plant)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Cordyline australis
(cabbage tree, tī, tī kōuka, palm lily)
Trees & Shrubs - MonocotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Cortaderia selloana
(pampas grass)
GrassesExotic
Crepis capillaris
(hawksbeard)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Cynodon dactylon
(Bermuda grass)
GrassesExotic
Cyperus ustulatus
(coastal cutty grass, giant umbrella sedge, cyperus)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Dactylis glomerata
(cocksfoot)
GrassesExotic
Dimorphotheca fruticosa
(dimorphotheca)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Echinochloa crus-pavonis
(Gulf barnyard grass)
GrassesExotic
Eleusine indica
(crowfoot grass)
GrassesExotic
Elytrigia pycnantha
(sea couch)
GrassesExotic
Erigeron sumatrensis
(broad-leaved flea-bane)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Fallopia convolvulus
(cornbind)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsExotic
Festuca rubra subsp. rubra
(red fescue)
GrassesExotic
Ficinia nodosa
(wiwi, knobby club rush, ethel sedge)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Ficinia spiralis
(pīngao, golden sand sedge, pikao)
SedgesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Haloragis erecta subsp. erecta
(toatoa, fire weed, shrubby haloragis)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Holcus lanatus
(Yorkshire fog)
GrassesExotic
Hypochaeris radicata
(catsear)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Isolepis cernua var. cernua
(slender clubrush)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Jacobaea maritima
(dusty miller)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Juncus kraussii subsp. australiensis
(sea rush)
Rushes & Allied PlantsNot ThreatenedNative
Juncus pallidus
(giant rush, leafless rush)
Rushes & Allied PlantsNot ThreatenedNative
Lachnagrostis billardierei subsp. billardierei
(sand wind grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Lagurus ovatus
(harestail)
GrassesExotic
Lemna disperma
(common duckweed)
Herbs - MonocotsNot ThreatenedNative
Lepidium pseudotasmanicum
(narrow-leaved cress)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Lobelia anceps
(New Zealand lobelia, shore lobelia)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Lolium arundinaceum subsp. arundinaceum
(tall fescue)
GrassesExotic
Lotus pedunculatus
(lotus)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Lupinus arboreus
(tree lupin)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Lycium ferocissimum
(boxthorn)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Lysimachia arvensis subsp. arvensis var. arvensis
(pimpernel)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Machaerina juncea
(sedge, tussock swamp twig rush)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Machaerina tenaxSedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Medicago lupulina
(black medick)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Melilotus indicus
(King Island melilot)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa
(small-leaved pōhuehue, scrub pōhuehue, wire vine)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Oenothera stricta
(sand primrose)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Orobanche minor
(broomrape)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Oxalis exilis
(creeping oxalis, yellow oxalis)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Oxalis rubensHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Ozothamnus leptophyllus
(tauhinu)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Paspalum dilatatum
(paspalum)
GrassesExotic
Paspalum vaginatum
(saltwater paspalum)
GrassesExotic
Pelargonium inodorum
(kōpata)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Persicaria hydropiper
(water pepper)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Phormium tenax
(flax, harakeke, kōrari (Māori name for inflorescence).)
Herbs - MonocotsNot ThreatenedNative
Pinus radiata
(Monterey pine, radiata pine)
Trees & Shrubs - GymnospermsExotic
Plagianthus divaricatus
(salt marsh ribbonwood, marsh ribbonwood)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Plantago australis
(swamp plantain)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Plantago coronopus
(buck's horn plantain)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Plantago lanceolata
(narrow-leaved plantain)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Poa pratensis
(Kentucky bluegrass)
GrassesExotic
Polygonum aviculare
(wireweed)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Pseudopanax lessonii
(Houpara)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Ranunculus repens
(buttercup)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Rubus fruticosus agg.
(blackberry)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Rumex acetosella
(sheep's sorrel)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Rumex obtusifolius
(broad-leaved dock)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Salicornia quinqueflora
(glasswort)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
(kuawa)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Senecio glomeratus subsp. glomeratus
(fireweed)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Solanum americanum
(small-flowered nightshade)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Solanum nigrum
(black nightshade)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Solanum tuberosum
(potato)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Sonchus oleraceus
(sow thistle, sowthistle)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Spartina ×townsendii
(spartina)
GrassesExotic
Spinifex sericeus
(spinifex, kōwhangatara)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Tetragonia trigyna
(native spinach)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Trifolium repens
(white clover)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Triglochin striata
(triglochin)
Herbs - MonocotsNot ThreatenedNative
Typha orientalis
(raupō, bullrush)
Herbs - MonocotsNot ThreatenedNative
Ulex europaeus
(gorse)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic