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NZ Plants
Find by Common name, Genus name or Family name
| Common name | Genus name | Species name | Family name | Characteristics |
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| kauri | Agathis | australis* | Araucariaceae | Dry, winged seeds |
| pahautea, kaikawaka, mt cedar | Libocedrus | bidwillii | Cupressaceae (cypress family) | Dry, winged seeds |
| kawaka | Libocedrus | plumosa |
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| mountain toatoa | Phyllocladus | alpinus | Phyllocladaceae | Leaf-like stems (phylloclades) |
| toatoa | Phyllocladus | toatoa | ||
| tānekaha, celery pine | Phyllocladus | trichomanoides | ||
| miro, brown pine | Prumnopitys | ferruginea* | Podocarpaceae (podocarp family) | (1) Linear leaves and flesh around the seed |
| mataī, black pine | Prumnopitys | taxifolia* | ||
| Westland tōtara | Podocarpus | acutifolius | (2) Linear leaves and flesh below the seed |
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| tōtara, Hall's tōtara | Podocarpus | hallii | ||
| tōtara, lowland tōtara | Podocarpus | totara | ||
| tōtara, snow tōtara | Podocarpus | nivalis | ||
| rimu, red pine | Dacrydium | cupressinum* | (3) Awl-like leaves and flesh below the seed | |
| kahikatea, white pine | Dacrycarpus | dacrydioides* | ||
| bog pine | Halocarpus | bidwillii | ||
| pink pine | Halocarpus | biformis | ||
| monoao | Halocarpus | kirkii | ||
| yellow-silver pine | Lepidothamnus |
intermedius | ||
| pygmy pine | Lepidothamnus | laxifolius | ||
| silver pine | Manoao | colensoi |
* an asterisk indicates trees valuable for their timber.
To help identify conifers choose either of these keys:
Pictorial key to New Zealand conifers
Dichotomous key to New Zealand Conifers
