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Site name: Lake Rakatu (including the track to Lake Rakatu) (950B)

Source/Observer: BD Rance

Number of observations: 17

District: Southland District

Date: 03/10/2003

SpeciesStructural classConservation statusNative/Exotic
Asplenium hookerianum var. hookerianum
(Hooker's spleenwort)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Asplenium lyallii
(Lyall's spleenwort)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Carex maorica
(Māori sedge)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Carex secta
(purei, pukio)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Carex virgata
(swamp sedge, pukio, toitoi, toetoe)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Coprosma rugosaTrees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative
Eleocharis acuta
(sharp spike sedge)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Eleocharis sphacelata
(kutakuta, spikes of doom, bamboo spike sedge, tall spike sedge)
SedgesNot ThreatenedNative
Epilobium nummulariifolium
(creeping willowherb)
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Glossostigma elatinoidesHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Isoetes alpina
(Alpine quillwort)
Lycophytes (clubmosses, selaginella, quillworts)Not ThreatenedNative
Isoetes kirkii
(Quillwort)
Lycophytes (clubmosses, selaginella, quillworts)At Risk – DecliningNative
Lachnagrostis pilosa subsp. pilosa
(robust wind grass)
GrassesNot ThreatenedNative
Nertera ciliataHerbs - Dicotyledons other than CompositesNot ThreatenedNative
Paesia scaberula
(lace fern, ring fern, scented fern, pig fern)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Polystichum neozelandicum subsp. zerophyllum
(shield fern)
FernsNot ThreatenedNative
Veronica salicifolia
(koromiko)
Trees & Shrubs - DicotyledonsNot ThreatenedNative