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• Olearia
  ...alle, 1668). Compositae. Tree-aster. Shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand, allied to Aster, somewhat planted abroad, but apparently not tested in thi ...all are well worthy of cult.: some are alpine and subalpine; some are both trees and shrubs, others shrubs alone.
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• Agathis
  ...essile, opposite or alternate: cones axillary, ovate or globular, composed of persistent, bractless scales. Distinguished from pines and firs by the broa | image_caption = ''[[Agathis australis]]'' (New Zealand Kauri)
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• Acaena
  |common_name=Biddy biddy, New Zealand burr, Sheep's burrs ...[[Rosaceae]], native mainly to the [[Southern Hemisphere]], notably [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]] and [[South America]], but with a few species extending in
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• Griselinia
  ...n native to [[New Zealand]] and [[South America]]. It is a classic example of the [[Antarctic flora]]. ...tamens and a single stigma. Petals 2-3 mm long. However, the female flower of ''G.lucida'' has no petals. The [[fruit]] is a small purple oval [[berry]]
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• Kowhai
  |origin=New Zealand ...gume]] in the [[genus]] ''[[Sophora]]''. In total there are eight species, of which ''[[sophora microphylla]]'' is the most common.
  3 KB (488 words) - 05:53, 26 January 2010
• Metrosideros excelsa
  |common_name=Pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas Tree |origin=Mid & N North Island, New Zealand
  5 KB (849 words) - 11:43, 8 February 2010
• Nothofagus
  ...so known as the '''southern beeches''', is a genus of about 35 [[species]] of [[tree]]s and [[shrub|shrubs]] native to the temperate oceanic to tropical ...used as food plants by the [[larva]] of [[Hepialidae|hepialid]] [[moth]]s of the genus ''[[Aenetus]]'' including ''A. eximia'' and ''A. virescens''.
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• Litsea
  ...and [[Asia]]. [[China]] alone has over 70 species, mostly in warm regions of the south and southwest. ...cies perhaps 150 in warm and tropical countries well around the globe, one of them (L. geniculata, Benth. & Hook.) growing in shallow ponds, Ga. to La. A
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• Schefflera digitata
  ...tive of the genus [[Schefflera]] which has 200 species of shrubs and small trees in the tropics and subtropics. ...ce is a large, multi-branched panicle up to 35 cm across, with umbels of small greenish flowers arising at irregular intervals along its length. Eac
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• Babaco
  ...duce from 30-60 fruits annually. The babaco plant has an average life span of about eight years. ...The fruit is pentagonal in shape, therefore giving it the scientific name of ''Carica pentagona''.
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• Sophora
  ...e book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NJ6PyhVuecwC |title=The Names of Plants |first=D. |last=Gledhill |edition=4 |publisher=Cambridge University The [[New Zealand]] ''Sophora'' species are known as [[Kowhai]].
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• Gaya
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...se. G.C. III. 50:56, and Suppl.Sept.23,1911. B.M. 5935.—Hardy in the south of England, where it blooms profusely.
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• Acacia floribunda
  ...n Australia]], and also in [[Indonesia]], [[Mauritius]] and northern [[New Zealand]]. Common names for it include '''Gossamer Wattle''', '''Grossamer Wattle'' ...used for its [[nitrogen fixing]] properties by interspersing it with fruit trees.<ref name="abc">[http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1884872.htm Garde
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• Corynocarpus
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...4379.—C. similis, Hems., and C. dissimilis, Hemsl., from New Hebrides and New Caledonia respectively, are not listed among cult, plants. {{SCH}}
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• Macadamia
  ...disjunct distribution]] native to eastern [[Australia]] (seven species), [[New Caledonia]] (one species ''[http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/3 ...tree]]s growing to 2–12 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are arranged in whorls of three to six, lanceolate to obovate or elliptical in [[Leaf shape|shape]],
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• Veronica
  ...uropean and American species, are hardy in the North, the other group, New Zealand species, are hardy in California and similar climates and are also somewhat ...dehiscent, usually obtuse or emarginate.—About 300 species, mostly natives of the temperate and colder regions, a few in the tropics. Veronica was monogr
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• Pacific Silver Fir
  ...th relatively high precipitation and cool, humid summers. Common associate trees are [[Douglas fir]] and [[California buckeye]].<ref>C.M. Hogan, 2008</ref> ...ith each leaf variably twisted at the base so they lie flat to either side of and above the shoot, with none below the shoot. The shoots are orange-red w
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• Aleurites
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> Aleurites (Greek, farinose or floury). Euphorbiaceae. Tropical trees grown for the oils they yield or sometimes for shade and ornament.
  7 KB (1,000 words) - 04:33, 14 November 2010
• Coprosma
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...r of the plants). Rubiaceae. Shrubs or small trees, often trailing, of New Zealand, Australia and Polynesia, sometimes planted for the pretty fruit or variega
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• Pseudopanax
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...x (false Panax). Araliaceae. A small and horticulturally unimportant group of greenhouse aralias grown for their foliage, flowers having never developed
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