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Site name: Mt Buster - rocks and screes (Q459)

Source/Observer: G Jane D Lyttle & G Donaghy

Number of observations: 70

District: Central Otago District

Date: 16/01/2010

SpeciesStructural classConservation statusNative/Exotic
Acaena caesiiglauca
(glaucus bidibid, piripiri)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Aciphylla aurea
(golden spaniard, golden speargrass)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Aciphylla montana var. montanaHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Acrothamnus colensoiTrees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Agrostis capillaris
(browntop)
GrassesExotic
Anthosachne solandri
(native wheatgrass, blue wheatgrass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Austroblechnum penna-marina subsp. alpina
(little hard fern, alpine hard fern)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Austrolycopodium fastigiatum
(alpine clubmoss, mountain clubmoss)
Lycophytes (clubmosses, selaginella, quillworts)Not ThreatenedNative
Azorella hydrocotyloidesHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Brachyscome longiscapaHerbs - Dicotyledonous compositesAt Risk – Naturally UncommonNative
Carex breviculmis
(grassland sedge)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Celmisia densiflora
(mountain daisy)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Celmisia gracilenta
(common mountain daisy, pekapeka)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Celmisia lyallii
(false Spaniard)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Chionochloa macra
(slim snow tussock)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Chionochloa rigida subsp. rigida
(narrow-leaved snow tussock)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Colobanthus acicularisHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Coprosma dumosaTrees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Craspedia lanata var. elongata
(woollyhead)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Dracophyllum muscoides
(cushion inaka)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Dracophyllum pronum
(trailing neinei)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium
(common grass tree, inaka)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Epilobium alsinoides
(willowherb)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Festuca matthewsii subsp. matthewsii
(Matthews's fescue, blue fescue)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Festuca rubra subsp. commutataGrassesExotic
Gaultheria crassaTrees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Helichrysum simpsoniiTrees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Hierochloe equiseta
(holy grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Kelleria villosa var. villosaHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Koeleria cheesemaniiGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Leucogenes grandiceps
(South Island edelweiss)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Lobelia linnaeoides
(mountain lobelia)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Luzula banksiana var. rhadina
(coastal woodrush)
Rushes & Allied PlantsNot ThreatenedNative
Luzula leptophyllaRushes & Allied PlantsAt Risk – Naturally UncommonNative
Luzula pumilaRushes & Allied PlantsNot ThreatenedNative
Luzula rufa var. rufa
(red woodrush)
Rushes & Allied PlantsNot ThreatenedNative
Luzula traversii var. traversiiRushes & Allied PlantsNot ThreatenedNative
Melicytus alpinus
(porcupine shrub)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Montia sessilifloraHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Muehlenbeckia axillaris
(creeping pōhuehue, creeping muehlenbeckia)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Myosotis glaucaHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesThreatened – Nationally VulnerableNative
Myrsine nummularia
(creeping matipo, creeping mapou)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Oreobolus pectinatus
(comb sedge, cushion sedge, flat-leaved comb sedge)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Ozothamnus vauvilliersii
(Mountain tauhinu)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Pentachondra pumilaTrees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Pilosella officinarum
(hawkweed, mouse-ear hawkweed)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Pimelea pseudolyallii
(pimelea)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsAt Risk – Naturally UncommonNative
Pimelea traversii subsp. traversii
(Travers' pimelea)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Poa buchananii
(scree poa)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa colensoi
(blue tussock)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa hesperiaGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa lindsayi
(Lindsay's poa)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Poa pratensis
(Kentucky bluegrass)
GrassesExotic
Prasophyllum colensoi
(leek orchid)
OrchidsNot ThreatenedNative
Ranunculus crithmifolius
(scree buttercup)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Ranunculus multiscapus
(grassland buttercup)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Raoulia eximia
(vegetable sheep)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Raoulia grandiflora
(large-flowered mat daisy)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Raoulia petriensis
(Petrie's scabweed)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesAt Risk – Naturally UncommonNative
Raoulia tenuicaulis
(tutahuna, mat daisy)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Rumex acetosella
(sheep's sorrel)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Rytidosperma australeGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Rytidosperma corinum
(bristle grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Rytidosperma setifolium
(bristle tussock, mountain danthonia)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Schoenus pauciflorus
(bog rush, sedge tussock)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Scleranthus uniflorusHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Styphelia nesophila
(pātōtara, dwarf mingimingi)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Taraxacum zealandicum
(New Zealand dandelion, native dandelion)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Veronica buchananii
(hebe)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Wahlenbergia albomarginata subsp. albomarginata
(New Zealand harebell, harebell)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative