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Grass
Isachne globosa - Swamp Millet
Does best partially submerged in water, and requires full sun to flower. An excellent plant for a slow flowing stream bank, shallow pond or lake margin.
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Ground Cover
Isolepis cernua var. cernua
A small, tufted, short creeping dune reed. It is promoted as 'The Fibre Optic Plant' because of its bright green radiating foliage.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Isolepis Cobb Valley
An interesting mound forming sedge with light green foliage.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Isolepis habra 
A yellow/ green foliage plant that spreads fast in wet areas. Looks like a grass.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Isolepis inundata
A yellow/ green plant that looks like a grass and loves wet areas.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Isolepis prolifer
Light bright green fleshy sedge. Fast-spreading and prolific particularly suited for wetland areas.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Isolepis Stewart Is
An attractive form similar to I.cernua that grows on Stewart Island.
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Ground Cover
Isotoma fluviatilis
Soft light green foliage. Abundant pale blue flowers (summer-autumn).
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Tree
Ixerba brexioides - Tawari
Temperamental. Very slow growing! Attractive foliage and large white flowers (summer).
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Ground Cover
Jovellana repens
Soft green leaves. Attractive bell-shaped white flowers. Smaller form than J. sinclairii.
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Shrub
Jovellana sinclairii
Soft green leaves. Attractive bell-shaped white flowers (summer). Ideal in cool shade
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Sedge & Rush-like
Juncus caespiticius
An attractive broad-leaved Rush that is not too invasive. Prefers wet hollows in sand dunes, gravels and swamps.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Juncus edgariae - Wiwi
Forms tight clumps from wiry stems. Tolerates extremes of wet and dry for short periods. Was known as Juncus gregiflorus.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Juncus holoschoenus var. holoschoenus
This looks like a weed but is about to go extinct. It has dark green erect leaves and grows in boggy areas.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Juncus kraussii var. australiensis - Sea rush
Forms dark green clumps. Coastal. Ideal for tidal estuary plantings where salt water is prevalent at times. Was J.maritimus australiensis.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Juncus pallidus - Giant Rush Wiwi
Forms light green robust clumps. Creeping rhizome. Colonises barren damp areas and swamps.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Juncus sarophorus - Wiwi
A vigorous species that will tolerate drier conditions and can be found in pasture.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Juncus usitatus
A less common rush of wet pasture and swampy ground . Suitable for lake margins and treatment ponds.
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Ground Cover
Kelleria dieffenbachii
A soft plant in warmer areas with blue/grey leaves and little white flowers. Very difficult to keep alive in warmer ares and is only occasionally available.
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Tree
Knightia excelsa - Rewarewa
Narrow habit. Good specimen tree. Tui enjoy the red bottle-brush-like flowers (spring).
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