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Site name: Spener Park dunes (J147)

List name: Mauri Ora 11: 99-111

Source/Observer: Mauri Ora 11: 99-111 MA Simpson & R Mason

Number of observations: 34

District: Christchurch City

Date: 02/01/1979

SpeciesStructural classConservation statusNative/Exotic
Apodasmia similis
(jointed wire rush, oioi)
Rushes & Allied PlantsNot ThreatenedNative
Bellis perennis
(English daisy)
Herbs - Dicotyledonous compositesExotic
Bromus lithobius
(Chilean brome)
GrassesExotic
Calamagrostis arenaria (L.) Roth
(marram grass)
GrassesExotic
Carex coriacea
(cutty grass, rautahi)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Carex flagellifera
(Glen Murray tussock, trip me up)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Carex litorosa
(sea sedge)
SedgesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Carex pumila
(sand sedge)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Carex virgata
(swamp sedge, pukio, toitoi, toetoe)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Claytonia perfoliata
(miner's lettuce)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Epilobium cinereum
(willowherb)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Festuca myuros
(vulpia hair grass, rat's tail fescue)
GrassesExotic
Ficinia spiralis
(pīngao, golden sand sedge, pikao)
SedgesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Gunnera arenaria
(sand gunnera)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Isolepis basilaris
(pygmy clubrush)
SedgesAt Risk – DecliningNative
Isolepis cernua var. cernua
(slender clubrush)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Lagurus ovatus
(harestail)
GrassesExotic
Lepidosperma australe
(square sedge, square-stemmed sedge)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Lupinus arboreus
(tree lupin)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Microtis unifolia
(onion-leaved orchid, microtis)
OrchidsNot ThreatenedNative
Myoporum laetum
(ngaio)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Phormium tenax
(flax, harakeke, kōrari (Māori name for inflorescence).)
Herbs - MonocotsNot ThreatenedNative
Plagianthus divaricatus
(salt marsh ribbonwood, marsh ribbonwood)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Poa pratensis
(Kentucky bluegrass)
GrassesExotic
Populus alba
(white poplar)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Ranunculus acaulis
(sand buttercup, shore buttercup)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Rumex acetosella
(sheep's sorrel)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Schoenoplectus pungens
(three-square)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
(Annual blue-eyed grass)
Herbs - MonocotsExotic
Solanum nitidibaccatum
(hairy nightshade)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic
Tamarix chinensis
(Chinese tamarisk)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsExotic
Thelymitra longifolia
(white sun orchid, māikuku)
OrchidsNot ThreatenedNative
Thelymitra pauciflora
(sun orchid)
OrchidsNot ThreatenedNative
Trifolium arvense
(haresfoot trefoil)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesExotic