List of trees native to New Zealand
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New Zealand's long geological isolation means that most of its flora is unique, with many durable hard woods. There is a wide variety of native trees, adapted to all the various micro-climates in New Zealand. The native bush (forest) ranges from the subtropical kauri forests of the northern North Island, temperate rainforests of the West Coast, the alpine forests of the Southern Alps and Fiordland to the coastal forests of the Abel Tasman National Park and the Catlins.
In the early period of British colonisation, many New Zealand trees were known by names derived from the names of unrelated European trees, but more recently the trend has been to adopt the native Māori language names into English. For a listing in order of Māori name, with species names for most, see the Flora of New Zealand list of vernacular names.
The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network has published a list of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants including all 574 native trees and shrubs. This list also identifies which trees are endemic to New Zealand and which are threatened with extinction.
Species
Pteridophyta (ferns)
Cyatheaceae (a tree fern family)
Gully tree fern Alsophila cunninghamii
Mamaku Sphaeropteris medullaris
Mountain tree fern Alsophila colensoi
Silver fern or ponga, Alsophila tricolor
Soft tree fern Alsophila smithii
Dicksoniaceae (a tree fern family)
Kuripaka or whekī-ponga Dicksonia fibrosa
New Zealand tree fern or whekī, Dicksonia squarrosa
Tūākura Dicksonia lanata
Pinophyta (conifers)
Araucariaceae (kauri family)
Kauri Agathis australis
Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Kawaka Libocedrus plumosa
Pāhautea Libocedrus bidwillii
Podocarpaceae (yellow-wood family)
Hall's tōtara Podocarpus laetus
Kahikatea Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (formerly Podocarpus)
Manoao Manoao colensoi
Mataī Prumnopitys taxifolia
Miro Pectinopitys ferruginea
Monoao Halocarpus kirkii
Mountain pine Halocarpus bidwillii
Mountain toatoa Phyllocladus alpinus
Mountain tōtara Podocarpus nivalis
Needle-leaved tōtara Podocarpus acutifolius
Pygmy pine Lepidothamnus laxifolius
Rimu Dacrydium cupressinum
Tānekaha Phyllocladus trichomanoides
Toatoa Phyllocladus toatoa (formerly Phyllocladus glaucus)
Tōtara Podocarpus totara
Yellow pine Halocarpus biformis
Yellow silver pine Lepidothamnus intermedius
Angiosperms (flowering plants)
Akeake Dodonaea viscosa
Beilschmiedia
Taraire Beilschmiedia tarairi
Tawa Beilschmiedia tawa
Tawaroa Beilschmiedia tawaroa
Coprosmas
Chatham Islands karamū Coprosma chathamica (Chatham Islands)
Coprosma acutifolia (Kermadec Islands)
Coprosma ciliata
Coprosma dumosa
Coprosma foetidissima (common name Stinkwood)
Coprosma macrocarpa subsp. minor
Coprosma pedicellata
Kanono Coprosma autumnalis
Karamū Coprosma lucida
Large-seeded coprosma Coprosma macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa
Leafy coprosma Coprosma parviflora
Māmāngi Coprosma arborea
Mikimiki Coprosma linariifolia
Taupata Coprosma petiolata (Kermadec Islands)
Taupata Coprosma repens
Cabbage trees Cordyline
Cabbage tree Cordyline australis
Dwarf cabbage tree Cordyline pumilio
Forest cabbage tree Cordyline banksii
Mountain cabbage tree Cordyline indivisa
Three Kings cabbage tree Cordyline obtecta
Dracophyllum (dragon leaf)
Chatham Island grass tree Dracophyllum arboreum (Chatham Islands)
Dracophyllum acerosum
Dracophyllum fiordense
Dracophyllum townsonii
Gumland grass tree Dracophyllum lessonianum
Inaka / Inanga Dracophyllum longifolium
Inanga Dracophyllum filifolium
Mountain neinei Dracophyllum traversii
Neinei Dracophyllum latifolium
Slender dragon tree Dracophyllum elegantissimum
Tōtorowhiti Dracophyllum strictum
Variable inaka Dracophyllum trimorphum
Elaeocarpus
Hīnau Elaeocarpus dentatus
Pōkākā Elaeocarpus hookerianus
Five finger Neopanax arboreus
Griselinia
Akapuka Griselinia lucida
Kāpuka Griselinia littoralis
Horopito
Lowland horopito Pseudowintera axillaris
Mountain horopito Pseudowintera colorata
Northland horopito Pseudowintera insperata
Travers horopito Pseudowintera traversii
Kaikōmako Pennantia corymbosa
Kākā beak Clianthus puniceus
Kawakawa Piper excelsum
Kānuka
Geothermal kānuka Kunzea ericoides var.
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