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Site name: Opunake - Heimana St coast (OPNH)

List name: WAN190

Source/Observer: WAN190 CC Ogle

Number of observations: 84

District: South Taranaki District

Date: 22/07/2004

SpeciesStructural classConservation statusNative/Exotic
Adiantum cunninghamii
(common maidenhair, Cunningham's maidenhair)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Agrostis capillaris
(browntop)
GrassesExotic
Agrostis muscosa
(pincushion grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Arctotheca calendula
(Cape weed)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Asplenium appendiculatum subsp. maritimum
(coastal spleenwort)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Atriplex prostrata
(orache)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Austroblechnum banksii
(shore hard fern)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Austroblechnum lanceolatum
(lance fern, nini, rereti)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Bromus willdenowii
(prairie grass)
GrassesExotic
Calamagrostis arenaria (L.) Roth
(marram grass)
GrassesExotic
Calystegia soldanella
(shore bindweed, shore convolvulus, rauparaha)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Cenchrus clandestinus
(kikuyu grass)
GrassesExotic
Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgareHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Cerastium glomeratum
(annual mouse-ear chickweed)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Cirsium arvense
(Californian thistle)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Cirsium vulgare
(Scotch thistle)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Coprosma repens
(taupata, looking glass plant, mirror plant)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Cotula coronopifolia
(bachelor's button, yellow buttons, waterbuttons)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Crassula manaiaHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesThreatened – Nationally VulnerableNative
Cyperus ustulatus
(coastal cutty grass, giant umbrella sedge, cyperus)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Dactylis glomerata
(cocksfoot)
GrassesExotic
Dichondra brevifolia
(dichondra)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Dichondra repens
(Mercury Bay weed, dichondra)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Disphyma australe subsp. australe
(horokaka, native ice plant, New Zealand ice plant)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Epilobium komarovianum
(creeping willowherb)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Ficinia nodosa
(wiwi, knobby club rush, ethel sedge)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Geranium molle
(dove's foot cranesbill)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Holcus lanatus
(Yorkshire fog)
GrassesExotic
Hypochaeris radicata
(catsear)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Isolepis cernua var. cernua
(slender clubrush)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Juncus articulatus
(jointed rush)
Rushes & Allied PlantsExotic
Lemna disperma
(common duckweed)
Herbs - MonocotsNot ThreatenedNative
Leptinella squalida subsp. squalidaHerbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Lobelia anceps
(New Zealand lobelia, shore lobelia)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Lolium arundinaceum subsp. arundinaceum
(tall fescue)
GrassesExotic
Lolium perenne
(perennial rye grass)
GrassesExotic
Lotus pedunculatus
(lotus)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Lotus subbiflorus
(hairy birdsfoot trefoil)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Luzula banksiana var. banksiana
(coastal woodrush)
Rushes & Allied PlantsNot ThreatenedNative
Lycium ferocissimum
(boxthorn)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Lysimachia arvensis subsp. arvensis var. arvensis
(pimpernel)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Metrosideros excelsa
(pōhutukawa)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsThreatened – Nationally VulnerableNative
Modiola caroliniana
(creeping mallow)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Montia fontana subsp. fontana
(blinks, blinkswater chickweed, dwarf montia)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Nasturtium officinale
(Watercress)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Oxalis exilis
(creeping oxalis, yellow oxalis)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Parablechnum novae-zelandiae
(kiokio, horokio, palm leaf fern)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Parablechnum triangularifolium
(kiokio, Green Bay kiokio)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Paspalum dilatatum
(paspalum)
GrassesExotic
Paspalum distichum
(Mercer grass)
GrassesExotic
Phormium tenax
(flax, harakeke, kōrari (Māori name for inflorescence).)
Herbs - MonocotsNot ThreatenedNative
Phytolacca octandra
(inkweed)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Piper excelsum subsp. excelsum
(kawakawa, pepper tree)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Plantago coronopus
(buck's horn plantain)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Plantago lanceolata
(narrow-leaved plantain)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Plantago major
(broad-leaved plantain)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Poa pusillaGrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
(allseed)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Polystichum neozelandicum subsp. zerophyllum
(shield fern)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbumHerbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Ranunculus acaulis
(sand buttercup, shore buttercup)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Ranunculus repens
(buttercup)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Ranunculus trichophyllus
(water buttercup)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Rumex pulcher
(fiddle dock)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Rumohra adiantiformis
(leathery shield fern, florists fern)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Sagina procumbens
(procumbent pearlwort)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Salicornia quinqueflora
(glasswort)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Samolus repens var. repens
(Sea primrose, shore pimpernel, water pimpernel)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Selliera radicans
(selliera, remuremu, half-star)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Senecio lautus
(shore groundsel, variable groundsel)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesNot ThreatenedNative
Silene gallica
(catchfly)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Solanum nigrum
(black nightshade)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Sonchus asper
(prickly sow thistle)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Sonchus kirkii
(puha, shore puha, New Zealand sow thistle)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Sonchus oleraceus
(sow thistle, sowthistle)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Spergularia rubra
(sand spurrey)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Sporobolus africanus
(rat's tail)
GrassesExotic
Tetragonia trigyna
(native spinach)
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Trifolium dubium
(suckling clover)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Trifolium repens
(white clover)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Triglochin striata
(triglochin)
Herbs - MonocotsNot ThreatenedNative
Tropaeolum majus
(nasturtium)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Zantedeschia aethiopica
(arum lily)
Herbs - MonocotsExotic
Zoysia minima
(prickly couch, zoysia)
GrassesAt Risk – DecliningNative