Statistics for Plants of New Zealand

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Tree with bright yellow spring flowers which tui love to eat nectar from	Kowhai	91%
Mighty coniferous tree, produces gum, straight trunk, biggest example is Tane Mahuta	Kauri	89%
'New Zealand's Christmas tree', covered in large red flowers in summer, multi-trunked	Pohutukawa	89%
National symbol, fern fronds have silver underside	Silver Fern / Ponga	83%
Tall green sword-like leaves, flower stalks up to 4 metres tall, many uses e.g. baskets, rope	New Zealand Flax / Harakeke	81%
Called 'tea tree' by Captain Cook, sharp-tipped leaves, little pink or white flowers in spring	Manuka	74%
'White pine', tallest native tree in New Zealand, pale timber has no odour	Kahikatea	64%
Only palm native to New Zealand and southernmost member of the palm family, slow-growing	Nikau	57%
Tall coniferous tree, long drooping branches, lovely timber, used to be called 'red pine'	Rimu	40%
Tall podocarp tree with cones, bark flakes off, short needle-like prickly leaves	Totara	40%
Distinctive tree with narrow leaves up to a metre long which are good for kindling	Cabbage Tree / Ti kouka	34%
Unique small tree, juveniles have thin trunk with long narrow stiff brown leaves jutting out from top, adults have shorter wider leaves in a rounded crown	Lancewood / Horoeka	32%
Soft woody shrub in the pea family, clusters of stunning red flowers in spring, long seedpods	Kakabeak / Kowhai-ngutukaka	28%
'Bushman's friend', large dull green leaves with soft furry undersides can be used as toilet paper	Rangiora	28%
Tall tree called 'New Zealand honeysuckle' by early settlers, leathery narrow leaves, small red flowers good for honey production	Rewarewa	19%
'New Zealand mahogany', tree with large pink tubular flowers in spring and pink berries which native birds like to eat	Puriri	15%
World's largest buttercup, alpine plant with pure white flowers and large glossy leaves that can hold rainwater	Mount Cook Lily	13%
Clumping garden plant with soft drooping strappy leaves and masses of starry white flowers on long stalks in spring	Rock Lily / Rengarenga	9%
Clumping garden plant with huge round glossy leaves and pale blue spring flowers	Chatham Island Forget-me-not	6%
Swordlike leaves, stiff red bottlebrush flower spikes in spring, discovered in 1924 on Northland's offshore island cliffs	Poor Knights Lily	4%