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.
Opau Valley (OPAU)
Site name: Opau Valley (OPAU)
List name: PCN163
Source/Observer: PCN163 BJ Mitcalfe & JC Horne; Wellington Bot Soc
Number of observations: 128
District: Wellington City
Date: 30/08/1998
| Species | Structural class | Conservation status | Native/Exotic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acaena anserinifolia (bidibid, hutiwai, piripiri) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Aciphylla squarrosa var. squarrosa (speargrass) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | At Risk – Declining | Native |
| Adiantum cunninghamii (common maidenhair, Cunningham's maidenhair) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Alsophila tricolor (silver fern, ponga) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Arthropteris tenella (jointed fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Asplenium appendiculatum subsp. maritimum (coastal spleenwort) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Asplenium bulbiferum (hen and chicken fern, pikopiko, mother spleenwort) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Asplenium flabellifolium (butterfly fern, walking fern, necklace fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Asplenium flaccidum (drooping spleenwort, hanging spleenwort) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Asplenium hookerianum var. colensoi (Colenso's spleenwort) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Asplenium hookerianum var. hookerianum (Hooker's spleenwort) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Asplenium oblongifolium (huruhuruwhenua, shining spleenwort) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Astelia fragrans (bush flax, bush lily, kakaha) | Herbs - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Austroblechnum lanceolatum (lance fern, nini, rereti) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Austroderia toetoe (toetoe) | Grasses | Not Threatened | Native |
| Brachyglottis repanda (rangiora, bushman's toilet paper, bushman's friend) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Callitriche stagnalis (water starwort) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Exotic | |
| Calystegia soldanella (shore bindweed, shore convolvulus, rauparaha) | Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Calystegia tuguriorum (climbing convolvulus, NZ bindweed) | Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Carex cyanea (hook sedge) | Sedges | At Risk – Declining | Native |
| Carex dissita (forest sedge) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Carex flagellifera (Glen Murray tussock, trip me up) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Carex lessoniana (rautahi, cutty grass) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Carex secta (purei, pukio) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Carex uncinata (bastard grass, hook sedge, kamu, matau-a-maui) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Carmichaelia australis (common native broom, mākaka, maukoro, tainoka, taunoka, taranagahape) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Carpodetus serratus (marbleleaf, putaputawētā, piripiriwhata) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Centella uniflora (centella) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Chenopodium triandrum (pigweed) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Cirsium vulgare (Scotch thistle) | Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites | Exotic | |
| Clematis forsteri (Forster's clematis) | Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Coprosma areolata (thin-leaved coprosma) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Coprosma grandifolia (kanono, manono, large-leaved coprosma, raurekau) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Coprosma propinqua var. propinqua (mingimingi) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Coprosma rhamnoides | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Cordyline australis (cabbage tree, tī, tī kōuka, palm lily) | Trees & Shrubs - Monocotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Corynocarpus laevigatus (karaka, kopi) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Craspedia uniflora var. maritima (woollyhead) | Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites | At Risk – Declining | Native |
| Crassula sieberiana | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Cyperus ustulatus (coastal cutty grass, giant umbrella sedge, cyperus) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (kahikatea, white pine) | Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms | Not Threatened | Native |
| Dendroconche scandens (fragrant fern, mokimoki) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Dichondra repens (Mercury Bay weed, dichondra) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Didymocheton spectabilis (kohekohe, New Zealand mahogany) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Digitalis purpurea (foxglove) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Exotic | |
| Disphyma australe subsp. australe (horokaka, native ice plant, New Zealand ice plant) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Ehrharta erecta (veldt grass) | Grasses | Exotic | |
| Epilobium nummulariifolium (creeping willowherb) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Epilobium rotundifolium (round-leaved willowherb) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Galium aparine (cleavers) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Exotic | |
| Geniostoma ligustrifolium var. ligustrifolium (hangehange) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Geranium molle (dove's foot cranesbill) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Exotic | |
| Griselinia lucida (puka, akapuka) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hedycarya arborea (porokaiwhiri, pigeonwood) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hydrocotyle heteromeria (waxweed, waxweed pennywort) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hydrocotyle moschata var. moschata (hairy pennywort) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hypolepis ambigua | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Icarus filiformis (thread fern, climbing hard fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Isolepis cernua var. cernua (slender clubrush) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Isolepis prolifera | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Juncus effusus var. effusus (soft rush) | Rushes & Allied Plants | Exotic | |
| Juncus pallidus (giant rush, leafless rush) | Rushes & Allied Plants | Not Threatened | Native |
| Juncus planifolius (grass-leaved rush) | Rushes & Allied Plants | Not Threatened | Native |
| Kunzea ericoides (kānuka) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable | Native |
| Lastreopsis velutina (velvet fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Leptinella dioica (shore cotula) | Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Leptinella squalida subsp. squalida | Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Leptospermum scoparium var. scoparium (mānuka, kahikātoa) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | At Risk – Declining | Native |
| Leucopogon fasciculatus (mingimingi, tall mingimingi) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Linum monogynum var. monogynum | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | At Risk – Declining | Native |
| Lobelia anceps (New Zealand lobelia, shore lobelia) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Lotus pedunculatus (lotus) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Exotic | |
| Luzula picta var. picta | Rushes & Allied Plants | Not Threatened | Native |
| Melicope ternata (wharangi) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Melicytus ramiflorus subsp. ramiflorus (māhoe, hinahina, whitey wood) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Metrosideros diffusa (white rātā) | Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons | Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable | Native |
| Metrosideros perforata (akatea) | Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons | Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable | Native |
| Muehlenbeckia australis (pōhuehue, large-leaved muehlenbeckia) | Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa (small-leaved pōhuehue, scrub pōhuehue, wire vine) | Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Myoporum laetum (ngaio) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Myrsine australis (red mapou, red matipo, mapau, red maple) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Nasturtium officinale (Watercress) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Exotic | |
| Olearia paniculata (akiraho, golden akeake) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Olearia solandri (coastal tree daisy) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Oxalis exilis (creeping oxalis, yellow oxalis) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Ozothamnus leptophyllus (tauhinu) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pakau pennigera (gully fern, feather fern, piupiu) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Parablechnum novae-zelandiae (kiokio, horokio, palm leaf fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Parapolystichum glabellum (smooth shield fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Parietaria debilis (New Zealand pellitory) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Parsonsia heterophylla (New Zealand jasmine) | Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pellaea rotundifolia (round-leaved fern, New Zealand cliff brake) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pennantia corymbosa (kaikōmako) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Phormium cookianum subsp. cookianum (mountain flax, wharariki) | Herbs - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Piper excelsum subsp. excelsum (kawakawa, pepper tree) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Plantago major (broad-leaved plantain) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Exotic | |
| Plantago raoulii | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Poa cita (silver tussock) | Grasses | Not Threatened | Native |
| Poa imbecilla (weak poa) | Grasses | Not Threatened | Native |
| Polystichum neozelandicum subsp. zerophyllum (shield fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Potamogeton crispus (curly pondweed) | Herbs - Monocots | Exotic | |
| Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum | Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pseudopanax crassifolius (horoeka, lancewood) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pteridium esculentum (bracken, rarauhe, bracken fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pteris macilenta (sweet fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pteris tremula (shaking brake, tender brake, Australian bracken) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pterostylis banksii (tutukiwi, greenhood) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pyrrosia elaeagnifolia (leather-leaf fern, pyrrosia) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Ranunculus repens (buttercup) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Exotic | |
| Rhopalostylis sapida (nīkau) | Trees & Shrubs - Monocotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Ripogonum scandens (supplejack, kareao, pirita) | Lianes - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Rubus cissoides (tātarāmoa, bush lawyer) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Samolus repens var. repens (Sea primrose, shore pimpernel, water pimpernel) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Senecio lautus (shore groundsel, variable groundsel) | Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Silybum marianum (variegated thistle) | Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites | Exotic | |
| Soliva sessilis (Onehunga weed) | Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites | Exotic | |
| Sphaeropteris medullaris (mamaku, black tree fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Stellaria parviflora (New Zealand chickweed) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Styphelia nesophila (pātōtara, dwarf mingimingi) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Tetragonia trigyna (native spinach) | Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Thelymitra longifolia (white sun orchid, māikuku) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Typha orientalis (raupō, bullrush) | Herbs - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Ulex europaeus (gorse) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Exotic | |
| Urtica sykesii (native nettle, bush nettle) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Veronica parviflora (hebe) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Vicia sativa (vetch) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Exotic | |
| Zealandia pustulata subsp. pustulata (hound's tongue, kōwaowao, pāraharaha) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |