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Australian Common Garden Katydid (Caedicia simplex)Observer
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Climbing staircase
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Tall Ryegrass (Lolium arundinaceum)Observer
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Wasteland, rough leaf edges
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Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides)Observer
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About 25 years old on roadside
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North Island Lacebark (Hoheria populnea)Observer
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Part of old restoration; former common failure to eco-source species; or has possibly self-established from abundance of proliferating North Island lacebarks in CHCH gardens
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American Everlasting (Gamochaeta americana)Observer
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Footpath crack
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Tōtara (Podocarpus totara)Observer
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The tree transplanted last October - now quite fruity
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Narrow-leaved Lacebark (Hoheria angustifolia)Observer
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2018 planting up to 2.5m tall
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Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)Observer
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Eggs in willow forest; about 3-4cm long
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New Zealand Tree Fern (Dicksonia squarrosa)Observer
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Garden sheltered by fence
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Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)Observer
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River terrace scarp; seems to have sub-opposite leaves/buds
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Tōtara (Podocarpus totara)Observer
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River terrace - with local guardian - Kathleen Gallagher
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Spotted Ground Swift Spider (Nyssus coloripes)Observer
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Running around a sunny verandah
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European Blackberry Complex (Section Rubus)Observer
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River terrace
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Kiokio (Blechnum novae-zelandiae)Observer
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Rocks on stopbank
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Common Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)Observer
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Stopbank - Neil Dawson's "Fanfare" sculpture in the background