DSC_0011 Narrow-leaved lacebark (Hoheria angustifolia) an example of a beautiful large tree - a remnant of the broadleaf forests that once covered the Otago Peninsula - that has been needlessly killed by a horse, completely stripping the bark in winter. Boulder Beach, Otago Peninsula *
DSC_5138 Mountain ribbonwood (Hoheria glabrata) summer flowers and bright green foliage on an avalanche slip. This is one of our very few native trees that is completely deciduous in winter. Gertrude Valley, Fiordland *
DSC_9358 Native hibiscus, or puarangi (Hibiscus richardsonii) cream-flowered form. An annual to short-lived perennial herb that is nationally critically endangered in the wild. It is extremely vulnerable to browsing by stock, and is easily smothered by vigorous introduced weeds. It now remains in only a few isolated pockets of recently disturbed coastal habitat, around cliffs, slips and petrel colonies, from Te Paki eastward to Hicks Bay, including Great Barrier and Mayor (Tuhua) Islands. It is also native to New South Wales in eastern Australia. Te Paki *
