Plant List
Species in each Biotope (those that are not indigenous are indicated with an asterisk; those Flowering [Fl], Fruiting [Fr] or Seeding [Sd] during the exhibit are marked accordingly)
Plants supplied by Waiora Landscapes Nursery, Trees for Canterbury Nursery, Fern Factor, Department of Conservation Motukarara Nursery, No-Mow, PGG Wrightsons, Sue McGaw and Landcare Research Nursery.
Green Roof
Cardamine hirsuta* (bitter cress) [Fl/Sd]
Cotula australis (cotula) [Fl/Sd]
Deyeuxia avenoides (NZ oat grass) [Sd]
Dichelachne crinita (NZ plume grass) [Sd]
Dichondra repens (Mercury Bay weed)
Geranium sessiliflorum (NZ geranium) [Sd]
Hypericum gramineum (NZ St John’s wort) [Sd]
Leptinella Platt’s black (a NZ cotula)
Leptinella dioica (a NZ cotula)
Leptinella minor (Banks Peninsula cotula)
moss
Muehlenbeckia axillaris (mat pohuehue)
Rytidosperma unarede (NZ danthonia) [Sd]
Zoysia minima (NZ twitch)
Living Wall
Bronze stripes
Geranium sessiliflorum (bronze form) [Fl/Sd]
Hypericum gramineum [Fl/Sd]
Leptinella Platt’s black
Luzula sp. (NZ woodrush)
Potentilla anserinoides (silver weed) [Fl]
Schoenus pauciflorus (bog sedge) [Sd]
Green stripes
Blechnum penna-marina (dwarf kiokio)
Carex resectans (NZ sedge)
Centella uniflora
Dichondra repens
Geranium sessilflorum (green form)
Hydrocotyle moschata (NZ pennywort)
Leptinella dioica
Leptinella minor [Fl]
Mazus radicans (NZ musk)
Poa imbecilla (NZ meadow grass) [Fl/Sd]
Pratia angulata (panakenake) [Fl]
Heritage Rubble
Acaena caesiiglauca (piripiri)
Arthropodium candidum (dwarf rengarenga)
Blechnum penna-marina
Carex resectans (turf sedge)
Carmichaelia enysii (dwarf broom)
Celmisia mackaui (Akaroa daisy)
Celmisia gracilenta (field daisy)
Cyathodes colensoi (NZ heath)
Deyeuxia avenoides (NZ oat grass) [Sd]
Festuca coxii (Chatham Island fescue)
Geranium solanderi (Chatham Island geranium) [Fl]
Geranium sessiliforum (green and bronze)
Haloragis erecta
Hebe pimeleoides (a koromiko)
Helichrysum dimorphum (rare Canterbury daisy shrub)
Helichrysum coralloides (coral daisy) [Sd]
Hibiscus trionum (NZ hibiscus) [Fl/Sd]
Hypericum gramineum
Leptinella minor
Leptinella serrulata (NZ silver cotula)
Linum monogynum (NZ linen flax)
Luzula ulophylla (silver edged woodrush)
Melicytus alpinus (porcupine shrub)
Muehlenbeckia axillaris (mat pohuehue)
Muehlenbeckia complexa (scrambling pohuehue)
Muehlenbeckia ephedroides (leafless pohuehue) [Fr]
Myosotis australis lytteltonensis (Banks Peninsula forget-me-not)
Myrsine divaricata x nummularia
Oxalis exilis (NZ yellow flowered oxalis) [Fl]
Pachystegia insignis (Marlborough rock daisy) [Sd]
Papaver sp (poppy)* [Fl/Sd]
Poa colensoi (blue tussock)
Poa imbecilla (NZ fine meadowgrass) [Fl/Sd]
Poa cita (silver tussock)
Raoulia monroi (scabweed)
Raoulia species (scabweed) [Fl/Sd]
Scleranthus uniflorus (scleranthus)
Senecio lagopus (Banks Peninsula daisy)
Sonchus kirkii (puha)
Wahlenbergia albomarginata (NZ harebell) [Fl/Sd]
Zoysia minima
Shrubbery, Bush Edge & Herb Border
Adiantum cunninghamii (maidenhair fern)
Arthropodium cirratum (rengarenga lily) [Fl]
Clematis paniculata (NZ clematis)
Coprosma crassifolia (thick-leaved mikimiki)
Coprosma propinqua (mikimiki) [Fr]
Coprosma rigida (mikimiki)
Coprosma rugosa (mikimiki)
Coprosma taylorii (mikimiki) [Fr]
Coprosma virescens (mikimiki)
Cordyline australis (cabbage tree/ti kouka)
Corokia cotoneaster (korokio)
Dianella nigra (inkberry/turutu) [Fr]
Discaria toumatou (matagouri)
Fuchsia procumbens (prostrate fuchsia) [Fr]
Hebe salicifolia (koromiko) [Fl]
Hypolepis ambigua (pigfern)
Jovellana sinclairii [Fl]
Kunzea ericoides (kanuka)
Libertia ixioides (NZ iris/mikoikoi)
Microlaena avenacea (bush rice grass) [Sd]
Microsorum pustulatum (hounds tongue fern)
Muehlenbeckia astonii (shrub pohuehue)
Myrsine divaricata (weeping mapau)
Olearia avicenniifolia (mangrove-leaved shrub daisy) [Fl]
Ozothamnus leptophyllus [Fl] (tauhinu/cottonwood)
Paesia scaberula (lace fern)
Parahebe hybrid [Fl]
Parsonsia sp (NZ jasmine)
Pellaea falcata (hot rock fern)
Pennantia corymbosa (kaikomako juvenile)
Pittosporum patulum
Pomaderris ericifolia (tauhinu)
Pseudopanax ferox (fierce lancewood)
Rubus squarrosus (leafless lawyer)
Sophora microphylla (kowhai)
Pond, Stream, Waterfall and Rain Garden
Bolboschoenus caldwellii
Blechnum chambersii (a kiokio)
Blechnum montanum (mountain kiokio)
Blechnum novae-zelandiae/minus (swamp kiokio)
Blechnum penna-marina
Carex maorica (a NZ sedge) [Sd]
Carex secta (pukio)
Carex virgata (pukio)
Chionochloa rubra (red tussock) [Sd]
Crassula sinclairii (pond edge turf) [Fl]
Eleocharis acuta (spike sedge)
Lotus pedunculatus* (lotus)
Myriophyllum sp (NZ milfoil)
Phormium tenax (harakeke/NZ flax)
Poa annua* (annual meadow grass) [Fl/Sd]
Poa pratensis* (meadow grass) [Fl/Sd]
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (clubrush) [Sd]
Trifolium repens* (white clover)
Swale
Apodasmia similis (oioi) [Sd]
Carex comans (a NZ sedge on berm)
Carex sp (a NZ sedge)
Carex maorica [Sd]
Carex secta
Carex testacea (a NZ sedge)
Carex trifida (a NZ sedge)
Carex virgata
Cyperus ustulatus (umbrella sedge)
Gunnera arenaria (sand gunnera)
Juncus edgareae (NZ rush) [Sd]
Juncus sarophorus (NZ blue rush) [Sd]
Lepidosperma australe (four square) [Sd]
Leptinella dioica [Fl]
Mazus novae-zelandiae (rare NZ musk) [Fl]
Mazus pumilio [Fl]
Mazus radicans [Fl]
Nertera setulosa
Poa annua* [Fl/Sd]
Pratia angulata [Fl]
Selliera radicans (selliera)
Tapestry Lawn
Acaena buchananii [Sd]
Acaena caesiiglauca
Acaena novae-zelandiae
Blechnum penna-marina
Cardamine hirsuta* [Fl/Sd]
Dichondra aff. brevifolia
Dichondra repens
Hydrocotyle heteromeria (NZ pennywort)
Hydrocotyle moschata (NZ pennywort)
Leptinella Platts black
Leptinella dioica [Fl]
Leptinella disperma [Fl]
Leptinella minor [Fl]
Oxalis exilis [Fl]
Oxalis magellanica (NZ white flowered oxalis) [Fl]
Poa imbecilla [Fl/Sd]
Pratia angulata [Fl/Fr]
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum [Fl/Sd]
Senecio glomeratus (NZ groundsel)
Sonchus kirkii
Tram Lines
Tram Lines
Muehlenbeckia axillaris
Poa imbecilla
Paving Stones
Dichondra repens
Euchiton sp (NZ cudweed) [Sd]
Geranium sessiliflorum
Leptinella dioica
Leptinella minor [Fl]
Moss
Pratia angulata [Fl]
Bush
Alectryon excelsus (titoki)
Anemanthele lessoniana (wind grass) [Sd]
Aristotelia serrata (wineberry)
Asplenium bulbiferum (hen & chickens fern)
Astelia fragrans (bush flax)
Blechnum montanum
Blechnum procerum
Blechnum vulcanicum
Carpodetus serratus (marble leaf/putaputaweta)
Coprosma linariifolia (linear leafed coprosma)
Coprosma robusta (karamu)
Coprosma rhamnoides (variable leafed coprosma)
Coprosma rotundifolia
Corynocarpus laevigatus (karaka)
Cyathea smithii (soft tree fern)
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Dicksonia fibrosa (a hard tree fern)
Dodonaea viscosa (akeake) [Sd]
Griselinia littoralis (broadleaf)
Hoheria angustifolia (narrow-leaved lacebark)
Lastreopsis hispida (hairy shield fern)
Melicytus ramiflorus (mahoe)
Moss (Hypnum cupressiforme)
Myrsine australis (red mapau)
Nothofagus fusca (red beech)
Nothofagus solandri (mountain beech)
Pittosporum eugenioides (lemonwood/tarata)
Pittosporum tenuifolium (kohuhu)
Plagianthus regius (lowland ribbonwood/manatu)
Pneumatopteris pennigera (gully fern)
Podocarpus totara (totara)
Prumnopitys taxifolia (matai)
Pseudopanax arboreus (fivefinger/whauwhaupaku)
Pseudopanax crassifolius (lancewood/horoeka)
Rubus squarrosus (leafless lawyer