Botanical illustration New Zealand endemic: Agathis australis Kauri enormous massive ancient-forest-giant straight columnar smooth-barked trunk barrel-like girth smooth grey exfoliating chip-like bark scales high canopy-level dense small-leaved large spherical cone/Metrosideros excelsa Pohutukawa gnarled spreading coastal cliff-clinging densely-clustered vivid-crimson-red brush-like vivid crimson-scarlet flower-head numerous long hair-like protruding red stamens dense scarlet brush-like/Cyathea dealbata Ponga Silver Fern tall slender tree-fern trunk large spreading arching deeply-pinnate striking silvery-white pale silver glaucous-white shimmering underside/Clianthus puniceus Kaka Beak pendulous drooping vivid crimson-red distinctive beak-shaped large curved prominent standard long narrow keel parrot-beak shape/Cordyline australis Tī Kōuka tall branching long arching narrow strap-like large terminal rosette-like tuft-crown cream-white branched panicle plumes

New Zealand – Endemic Plants / Kauri Tree / Pohutukawa / Silver Fern / Kaka Beak / Cabbage Tree

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New Zealand – Endemic Plants / Kauri Tree / Pohutukawa / Silver Fern / Kaka Beak / Cabbage Tree – This is how it could look

New Zealand botanical: (1) Agathis australis Kauri Tree characteristic enormous massive ancient-forest-giant straight columnar smooth-barked trunk enormous barrel-like girth smooth grey bark exfoliating chip-like scales high canopy-level dense small-leaved canopy large spherical cone — (2) Metrosideros excelsa Pohutukawa Christmas Tree characteristic gnarled spreading coastal cliff-clinging densely-clustered vivid-crimson-red flowers brush-like densely-clustered vivid crimson-scarlet flower-head numerous long hair-like protruding red stamens vivid dense scarlet-red brush-like flower-mass — (3) Cyathea dealbata Ponga Silver Tree Fern characteristic tall slender tree-fern trunk large spreading arching fern-frond crown deeply-pinnate frond form striking silvery-white underside bright silvery-white pale silver glaucous-white shimmering frond-underside — (4) Clianthus puniceus Kaka Beak Kowhai Ngutu-Kaka characteristic pendulous drooping cluster vivid crimson-red Kaka Beak flowers distinctive beak-shaped large vivid-crimson flower large curved prominent standard petal long narrow keel petals parrot-beak flower shape — (5) Cordyline australis Tī Kōuka Cabbage Tree characteristic tall branching long arching narrow strap-like leaves large terminal rosette-like tuft-crown branch-tips large prominent branched panicle cream-white flower-plumes.

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