Trees Of Pureora

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Beilschmiedia tawa

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Drooping,willowy foliage with wavy margins. Long leaves widest in the middle. Thintexture.

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Carpodetus serratus

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Vivid,dark leaf veins on bright green leaves. Distinctive angular branching pattern

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Coprosma foetidissima

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Small(2-5cm), opposite leaves that taper along petiole. Distinctive, unpleasantsmell when leaves crushed

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Coprosma propinqua

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Verysmall leaves (<1cm), bright blue berries

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Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

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Bothforms of foliage present on pictured leaf: juvenile foliage (larger leaves in aflat plane, right hand side) and adult foliage (smaller scale leaves, left handside).

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Dacrydium cupressinum

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Rimu hasscale leaves like kahikatea, but larger, and distinctively drooping

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Elaeocarpus dentatus

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Oblanceolateleaves with finely toothed margin part way or all the way down the leaf blade.Green leaf on top, and lighter / whitish underneath, slightly hairy.

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Griselinia littoralis

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Distinctive, large bright green leaves, with asymmetrical leaf base.Margins can be wavy

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Halocarpus bidwillii

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Up to 4mhigh but usually much smaller. Imbricate leaves. Usually growing in boggyground and also known as Bog Pine - common on Ruapehu.

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Libocedrus bidwillii

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Scaly coniferous leaves, stringy bark. Found as an emergent tree insubalpine beech forest (Ruapehu)

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Melicytus ramiflorus

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Small tree reaching 10m, white bark

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Nestegis cunninghamii

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Vivid green leaves, with distinctive whitish mid-rib and dark minorvenation. Lanceolate leaf shape, and thick, olive-tree leaves

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Nothofagus fusca

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Small ovate leaveswith distinctive toothing

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Nothofagus menziesii

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Smaller,thicker leaves than N. fusca. Leaf more triangular, with rounder teeth.

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Nothofagus solandri var.cliffortioides

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Ovateleaves that lack toothing. Found at high elevation. Can be difficult todistinguish from Nothofagus solandri var.solandri, especially in hybridzones.

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Nothofagus solandri var.solandri

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Leavessimilar to var. cliffortioides above, but typically longer. Found at loweraltitudes.

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Phyllocladus alpinus

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Phyllocladusleaves are flattened branchlets with very distinctive appearance. P. alpinushas a bluish tinge to the leaves (glaucous leaves).

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Podocarpus cunninghamii

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Hall’stotara has thinner bark than P. totara and is usually found at higherelevation. Adult leaves are very difficult to distinguish from P. totara,but P. cunninghamii has a deeper and broader groove on upper leaf surfacethan P. totara. Podocarpus cunninghamii and P. totara oftenhybridise making identification more difficult in some locations.

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Podocarpus totara

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Podocarpus nivalis

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Prumnopitysferruginea

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Small,elongated leaves that narrow evenly down the blade to a point.

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Prumnopitys taxifolia

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Leavescomparable to miro, except width is equal down most of the blade, and roundsoff only at tip. Finishes in a point.

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Pseudopanax arboreus

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Palmateleaf, with 5-7 leaflets. Each leaflet has a distinct petiole. Thicker, shinierleaves than S. digitata.

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Pseudopanaxcolensoi

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Mountainfive finger has 3-7 leaflefts, is distinguished from P. arboreus by itssessile leaflets – i.e. they lack a distinct petiole. Leaves can be yellowish,especially towards margins

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Pseudopanaxcrassifolius

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Juvenileleaves are long, narrow linear blades, often more than 30 cm in length. Adultleaves are broader, and shorter.

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Pseudopanaxedgerleyi

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Juvenile foliage (top image) has incised margins with variable shapes.Adult foliage (lower) has entire leaf margin.

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Raukauasimplex

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Juvenilefoliage (upper image) compound, with three leaflets. Adult leaf is similar toR. edgerleyi, but distinctively toothed. Branchlets reddish.

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Scheffleradigitata

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Mostsimilar to five finger. However, leaves are typically larger and much thinner;lightly hairy; compound leaf has up to 7-10 leaflets; serrations finer.

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Quintiniaserrata

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Brightleaves with contrasting venation. Wavy leaf margins.

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Weinmanniaracemosa

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Tree has distinctive, whitish bark. Juvenile leaves are triplet, adult leaves are simple.

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Cyatheadealbata

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Distinctive by its silverunderside to the fronds

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Cyatheasmithii

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Distinctive by its skirt of dead stipes and fibroustrunk.

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Dicksoniasquarrosa

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Dicksoniafibrosa

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Distinctive by itsskirt of whole dead fronds whereas Cyatheasmithii has a skirt of dead stipes only. Both Dicksonia fibrosa and Cyathea smithii have thick fibrous trunks