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.
West Cape (480B)
Site name: West Cape (480B)
Source/Observer: P Wardle, AFM Mark & G Baylis
Number of observations: 166
District: Southland District
| Species | Structural class | Conservation status | Native/Exotic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abrodictyum strictum (erect bristle fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Actinotus novae-zelandiae (New Zealand flannel flower) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Alsophila smithii (kātote, Smith's tree fern, soft tree fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Androstoma empetrifolium | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Anisotome lyallii (Lyall's carrot) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | At Risk – Relict | Native |
| Aporostylis bifolia (odd-leaved orchid) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Archeria traversii var. traversii | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Ascarina lucida var. lucida (Hutu) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Asplenium bulbiferum (hen and chicken fern, pikopiko, mother spleenwort) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Asplenium flaccidum (drooping spleenwort, hanging spleenwort) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Asplenium obtusatum (shore spleenwort) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Astelia linearis var. novae-zelandiae | Herbs - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Astelia nervosa (mountain astelia) | Herbs - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Austroblechnum durum | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Austroderia richardii (toetoe) | Grasses | Not Threatened | Native |
| Austrolycopodium fastigiatum (alpine clubmoss, mountain clubmoss) | Lycophytes (clubmosses, selaginella, quillworts) | Not Threatened | Native |
| Azorella nitens | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Brachyglottis rotundifolia var. rotundifolia (mutton-bird scrub) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Bulbinella gibbsii var. balanifera (Māori onion) | Herbs - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Bulbophyllum pygmaeum (pygmy tree orchid, bulbophyllum) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Carex horizontalis (bastard grass, hook sedge) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Carex pleiostachys (Fiordland sedge) | Sedges | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Native |
| Carpha alpina (carpha) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Carpodetus serratus (marbleleaf, putaputawētā, piripiriwhata) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Celmisia holosericea (mountain daisy) | Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites | At Risk – Declining | Native |
| Centrolepis ciliata (centrolepis) | Herbs - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Chionochloa acicularis (needle snow tussock) | Grasses | Not Threatened | Native |
| Chionochloa conspicua subsp. conspicua (hunangamoho, broad-leaved bush tussock) | Grasses | Not Threatened | Native |
| Chionochloa crassiuscula subsp. torta (curly snow tussock) | Grasses | Not Threatened | Native |
| Colobanthus apetalus (colobanthus) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Coprosma colensoi | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Coprosma crenulata | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Coprosma cuneata | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Coprosma foetidissima (hūpiro, stinkwood, shit shrub) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Coprosma lucida (karamū, shining karamū) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Coprosma rhamnoides | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Coprosma rugosa | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Coprosma wallii | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | At Risk – Declining | Native |
| Coriaria arborea var. arborea (tutu, tree tutu) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Corybas oblongus (spider orchid) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Cranfillia deltoides (korokio, mountain hard fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Cranfillia fluviatilis (kiwikiwi, kiwakiwa, creek fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Dacrydium cupressinum (rimu, red pine) | Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms | Not Threatened | Native |
| Dendrobium cunninghamii (winika, pekapeka, Christmas orchid, bamboo orchid) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Dicksonia squarrosa (wheki, rough tree fern, harsh tree fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Donatia novae-zelandiae (donatia) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Dracophyllum longifolium var. longifolium (inanga, inaka) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Dracophyllum menziesii | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Dracophyllum pearsonii | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Native |
| Dracophyllum politum | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium (common grass tree, inaka) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Drosera spatulata (sundew) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Drosera stenopetala (sundew) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Drymoanthus adversus (fleshy tree orchid) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Earina autumnalis (Easter orchid, raupeka) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Earina mucronata (bamboo orchid, peka-a-waka, spring earina) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Elaeocarpus hookerianus (pōkākā) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Elatine gratioloides | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Empodisma minus (wire rush, lesser wire rush) | Rushes & Allied Plants | Not Threatened | Native |
| Epilobium komarovianum (creeping willowherb) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Euphrasia dyeri (creeping eyebright) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Ficinia nodosa (wiwi, knobby club rush, ethel sedge) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Forstera sedifolia | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Fuchsia excorticata (kōtukutuku, tree fuchsia) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Fuscospora cliffortioides (mountain beech) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Gahnia procera (giant sedge, gahnia, mountain gahnia) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Gaimardia setacea (gaimardia) | Herbs - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Gaultheria depressa var. depressa | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Data Deficient | Native |
| Gentianella lineata | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Native |
| Gentianella montana subsp. montana var. montana | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Gleichenia dicarpa (tangle fern, swamp umbrella fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Glossostigma elatinoides | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Griselinia littoralis (broadleaf, kāpuka, papauma) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Halocarpus biformis (pink pine, yellow pine) | Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms | Not Threatened | Native |
| Histiopteris incisa (histiopteris, water fern, mātātā, bat's wing fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hymenophyllum bivalve (filmy fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hymenophyllum demissum (drooping filmy fern, Irirangi, piripiri) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hymenophyllum dilatatum (filmy fern, matua mauku) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hymenophyllum flabellatum (filmy fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hymenophyllum lyallii (filmy fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hymenophyllum minimum (filmy fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hymenophyllum multifidum (much-divided filmy fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum (kidney fern, konehu, kopakopa, raurenga) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hymenophyllum sanguinolentum (filmy fern, piripiri) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Hymenophyllum scabrum (rough filmy fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Isoetes alpina (Alpine quillwort) | Lycophytes (clubmosses, selaginella, quillworts) | Not Threatened | Native |
| Isolepis aucklandica | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Isolepis habra | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Isolepis praetextata | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Lateristachys diffusa | Lycophytes (clubmosses, selaginella, quillworts) | Not Threatened | Native |
| Lepidosperma australe (square sedge, square-stemmed sedge) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Lepidothamnus intermedius (yellow silver pine) | Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms | Not Threatened | Native |
| Leptecophylla juniperina subsp. juniperina (prickly mingimingi, mingimingi) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Leptinella squalida subsp. mediana | Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Leptospermum scoparium var. scoparium (mānuka, kahikātoa) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | At Risk – Declining | Native |
| Libertia micrantha (native iris, mikoikoi) | Herbs - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Liparophyllum gunnii | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Lobelia angulata (pratia) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Lomaria discolor (crown fern, petipeti, piupiu) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Lophozonia menziesii (silver beech) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Luzuriaga parviflora (nohi, lantern berry) | Herbs - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Machaerina tenax | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Macrolearia oporina | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Native |
| Metrosideros diffusa (white rātā) | Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons | Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable | Native |
| Metrosideros umbellata (southern rātā) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable | Native |
| Microschizaea fistulosa (comb fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Myriophyllum propinquum (common water milfoil) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Myrsine australis (red mapou, red matipo, mapau, red maple) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Myrsine divaricata (weeping matipo, weeping māpou) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Myrsine nummularia (creeping matipo, creeping mapou) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Neomyrtus pedunculata (rōhutu) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Threatened – Nationally Critical | Native |
| Nertera depressa (nertera, bead plant, fruiting duckweed) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Nertera villosa (hairy forest nertera) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Notogrammitis billardierei (common strap fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Notogrammitis heterophylla (taupeka, comb fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Olearia arborescens (common tree daisy, glossy tree daisy) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Oreobolus impar (comb sedge) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Oreobolus pectinatus (comb sedge, cushion sedge, flat-leaved comb sedge) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Oreobolus strictus (comb sedge) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Ourisia crosbyi (Crosby's mountain foxglove) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Parablechnum montanum (mountain kiokio, Dunedin-Cass blechnum) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Parablechnum novae-zelandiae (kiokio, horokio, palm leaf fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Parablechnum procerum (small kiokio) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pectinopitys ferruginea (miro, brown pine) | Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pentachondra pumila | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pentapogon aucklandicus | Grasses | Not Threatened | Native |
| Phlegmariurus varius (clubmoss) | Lycophytes (clubmosses, selaginella, quillworts) | Not Evaluated | Native |
| Phormium cookianum subsp. cookianum (mountain flax, wharariki) | Herbs - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pimelea gnidia (pimelea) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pittosporum colensoi | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pittosporum rigidum | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Poa astonii (blue shore tussock) | Grasses | Not Threatened | Native |
| Poa breviglumis | Grasses | Not Threatened | Native |
| Podocarpus laetus (mountain tōtara, Hall's tōtara, thin-barked tōtara, tōtara-kiri-kōtukutuku) | Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms | Not Threatened | Native |
| Potamogeton suboblongus (mud pondweed) | Herbs - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Prasophyllum colensoi (leek orchid) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pseudodiphasium volubile (climbing clubmoss, waewaekoukou) | Lycophytes (clubmosses, selaginella, quillworts) | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pseudopanax colensoi var. ternatus | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pseudopanax crassifolius (horoeka, lancewood) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pseudopanax linearis | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pseudowintera colorata (red horopito, mountain horopito) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pterophylla racemosa (kāmahi, tawheo, tawhero, tawherowhero) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Pterostylis graminea (grass-leaved greenhood) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Ranunculus glabrifolius (waoriki) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Raukaua anomalus | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Raukaua simplex (haumakoroa) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Ripogonum scandens (supplejack, kareao, pirita) | Lianes - Monocots | Not Threatened | Native |
| Rubus australis (tātarāmoa, bush lawyer, swamp lawyer) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Rubus cissoides (tātarāmoa, bush lawyer) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Rumex neglectus (shore dock) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Rumohra adiantiformis (leathery shield fern, florists fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Rytidosperma setifolium (bristle tussock, mountain danthonia) | Grasses | Not Threatened | Native |
| Schoenus pauciflorus (bog rush, sedge tussock) | Sedges | Not Threatened | Native |
| Sprengelia incarnata (Pink swamp heath) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Native |
| Stellaria parviflora (New Zealand chickweed) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Stylidium subulatum | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Thelymitra cyanea (swamp sun orchid, striped sun orchid) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Thelymitra longifolia (white sun orchid, māikuku) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Tmesipteris tannensis (fork fern) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Uncinia viridis (green bastard grass, bastard grass, hook sedge) | Sedges | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Native |
| Veronica catarractae (Fiordland parahebe) | Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites | Not Threatened | Native |
| Veronica elliptica (kōkōmuka, shore hebe, shore koromiko) | Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons | Not Threatened | Native |
| Waireia stenopetala (yellow beaks, beak orchid, horizontal orchid,) | Orchids | Not Threatened | Native |
| Zealandia pustulata subsp. pustulata (hound's tongue, kōwaowao, pāraharaha) | Ferns | Not Threatened | Native |
| Zotovia thomsonii | Grasses | Not Threatened | Native |