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Site name: Opito Bay Shore (northern) (J660)

Source/Observer: G Jane & G Donaghy

Number of observations: 28

District: Thames-Coromandel District

Date: 03/07/2011

SpeciesStructural classConservation statusNative/Exotic
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis
(agapanthus, lily of the Nile)
Herbs - MonocotsExotic
Aloe maculata
(spotted aloe)
Herbs - MonocotsExotic
Aristea ecklonii
(aristea)
Herbs - MonocotsExotic
Calystegia soldanella
(shore bindweed, shore convolvulus, rauparaha)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Calystegia tuguriorum
(climbing convolvulus, NZ bindweed)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot 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 acerosa
(sand coprosma, tātaraheke)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsAt Risk – DecliningNative
Coprosma repens
(taupata, looking glass plant, mirror plant)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus
(cotoneaster, large-leaved cotoneaster)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Ficinia nodosa
(wiwi, knobby club rush, ethel sedge)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Ficinia spiralis
(pīngao, golden sand sedge, pikao)
SedgesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Gazania rigens
(Gazania)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Hesperocyparis macrocarpa
(macrocarpa)
Trees & Shrubs - GymnospermsExotic
Hypochaeris radicata
(catsear)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Lachnagrostis billardierei subsp. billardierei
(sand wind grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Lagurus ovatus
(harestail)
GrassesExotic
Lilium formosanum
(Formosan lily)
Herbs - MonocotsExotic
Melilotus indicus
(King Island melilot)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Metrosideros excelsa
(pōhutukawa)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsThreatened – Nationally VulnerableNative
Muehlenbeckia complexa var. complexa
(small-leaved pōhuehue, scrub pōhuehue, wire vine)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Paspalum distichum
(Mercer grass)
GrassesExotic
Phormium tenax
(flax, harakeke, kōrari (Māori name for inflorescence).)
Herbs - MonocotsNot ThreatenedNative
Pinus pinaster
(cluster pine)
Trees & Shrubs - GymnospermsExotic
Spinifex sericeus
(spinifex, kōwhangatara)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Sporobolus africanus
(rat's tail)
GrassesExotic
Stenotaphrum secundatum
(buffalo grass)
GrassesExotic