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Weeping Bottlebrush (Melaleuca viminalis)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
maybe?
This tree has a trunk c.25cm DBH, dense branching from about 3m high on the trunk, and reaches about 8mH. Branches are drooping and smaller ones are somewhat pendulous.
Did not pay a lot of attention to the abundant woody capsules at branchlet tips, or the linear tough eaves, as was focused on finding hidden moth plant pods, but would be useful to have a name for the tree too, if that is possible from these blurry shots.
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Rushes (Genus Juncus)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
In dense dry compacted clay bounded by concrete and used by pedestrians.
Either one of the few survivors of a planting, or a later adventive.
Only other plant growing in this bed is large clumps of Agapanthus roots, with little foliage.
Leaves all reduced to reddish-brown mucronate basal sheaths. Stems very fine, could be empty, almost empty, or interrupted; couldnt see clearly enough to confirm. Seeds pale dull brown, c.2mm long.
Have a handful of dry flower heads to examine when time permits.
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Māhoe (Melicytus ramiflorus ssp. ramiflorus)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
pale trunk on right among ponga
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Madeira Vine (Anredera cordifolia)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
new vine a few cms high, on tuber 1-2cm long, beside juvenile mapou. Vine and tuber easily lifted but tuber may not have been entire.
Vne and tuber fragments removed offsite to a jar of water for monitored rotting
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Coral Tree (Erythrina × sykesii)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
just right of centre, the two remaining standing trunks of "twinFT", with the split and fallen trunk forming an arch towards the camera. All reachable regrowth has recently been bent down or partially severed
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Madeira Vine (Anredera cordifolia)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
vine rooted beside a juvenile mapou about 1mH. The madeira vine was twining up the mapou, and had two tuberous formations near the top of the mapou, joined by a slender segment of vine. Is this aerial tuber formation on a very young vine? Another possible interpretation is that this vine was uprooted from nearby a year or two ago, or in the last year, and thrown over this mapou so it would not touch the ground and might dry. Experimental, since I monitor this site frequently and there is little understorey to hide weeds. Conclusion: Madeira can probably send aerial roots to the ground from a tuber about 1cm D (since I have never found a larger tuber on this site)
All material including two fragments of ?tuber or vine about 2mm long, were removed offsite to a jar of water for monitored rotting
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New Zealand Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
under Erythrina x sykesii primary stand, currently in full leaf with overhanging branches suppressing these ti kouka, but they are growing annually since release in Hune 2019 from extensive honeysuckle which covered all the area seen here
Tradescantia has been reduced annually to release seedlings but the grpund is extremely dry under the flame trees, so few seedlings survived. With some humus beginning to build up, and after a wet year, Tradescantia is now being piled, releasing the first seedlings, a few new ones, and the potential for a new crop this autumn
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Karamu (Coprosma robusta)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
the only survivor of a group released in June 2019 from extensive honeysuckle invasion. Under Erythrina x sykesii
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kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
with karamu seedling in Tradescantia during ongoing control by handweeding
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Pūriri (Vitex lucens)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
on right, released from honeysuckle after June 2019
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Wandering Trad (Tradescantia fluminensis)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
under Erythrina x sykesii beside puriri
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Celery Pine (Phyllocladus trichomanoides)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
foliage foreground right, with kauri ricker in background
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Seaside Daisy (Erigeron karvinskianus)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
in foreground, ground-covering with Oplismenus hirtellus
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Māhoe (Melicytus ramiflorus)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
pale trunks foreground right
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Kiekie (Freycinetia banksii)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
scrambling through understorey and climbing several trees
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Supplejack (Ripogonum scandens)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
seedling on edge of weed-dominated area neighbouring this moderately diverse regen kauri forest on steep bank above stream
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Mare's Tail Fern (Asplenium polyodon)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
appears to be epiphytic on treefern, with kiekie behind
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Ivies (Genus Hedera)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
ground creeping juvenile a metre or so long, one of several nder tanekaha in moderately diverse regen kauri forest on steep bank above stream, with several seedlings uprooted
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Kawakawa (Piper excelsum ssp. excelsum)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
juvenile with juvenile ti kouka, Coprosma lucida and hangehange, ajuv Pseudpanax crass (? x less?) with ivy and climbing asparagus, under tanekaha in moderately diverse regen kauri forest on steep bank above stream
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Elaeagnus reflexaObserver
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
bushy plant 1-2m radius, near unfenced lower boundary of moderately diverse regen kauri forest on steep bank above stream. Only 2-3 seedlings and small juveniles observed elsewhere on this bank in initial survey, all of them , like this, in relatively bare or weedy areas around the perimeter of the property
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Shining Karamu (Coprosma lucida)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
under tanekaha and other podocarps in moderately diverse regen kauri forest on steep bank above stream
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Kahili Ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
among ponga and mahoe under tanekaha and other mature native trees, in moderately diverse regen kauri forest on steep bank above stream
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Silver Fern (Cyathea dealbata)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
common under tanekaha and other mature native trees, this one at the boundary between a neighbouring weed-filled space and (on the right) moderately diverse regen kauri forest on steep bank above stream
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Kanono (Coprosma autumnalis)Observer
kaipatiki_naturewatchDescription
juveniles scattered under tanekaha and other mature native trees, this one by boundary fence between a neighbouring weed-filled space and (behind the camera) moderately diverse regen kauri forest on steep bank above stream
