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Herb
Myriophyllum propinquum - Water Milfoil 
Water plant. Forms good ground cover in damp areas. Will grow in ponds as an emergent plant.
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Herb
Myriophyllum robustum
An attractive wetland plant that is now rare in the wild. Grows easily in ponds and bogs.Dies down in the winter.
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Herb
Myriophyllum triphyllum
An attractive easy to grow pond plant. The leaves are feathery and rather red coloured. This species can be submerged.
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Ground Cover
Myriophyllum votschii
Mainly coastal on damp sand, but also in shallow lakes. Excellent pond plant.
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Shrub
Myrsine aquilonia - Poor Knights Mapou
A particularly bushy and hardy species closely related to Myrsine divaricatus.
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Tree
Myrsine australis - Mapou
Elegant, slender tree with speckled foliage and red stems. Hardy but prefers drier conditions. Will prune to hedge.
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Shrub
Myrsine coxii - Chatham's swamp mapou.
A Chatham Island endemic that is now range restricted in bogs & stream sides. Dense stands may be just one plant that has suckered. While it can be 12m tall it generally is 2 -3m tall but slowly wide spreading.
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Shrub
Myrsine divaricata - Weeping Mapou
Attractive plant with several forms, some particularly weeping. Useful as a small specimen tree.
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Tree
Myrsine kermadecensis
The Kermadec Island Myrsine is an attractive tall tree with brighter green leaves than the mainland forms. Berries a vivd purple.
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Tree
Myrsine salicina - Toro
Attractive foliage with bronze new growth. Erect habit. Easily grown but little known bird-attracting tree.
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Shrub
Neomyrtus pedunculata - Rohutu
Small silver-green foliage and delightful orange fruit. Erect tightish habit. Hardy and will tolerate damp soils.
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Fern
Nephrolepis flexuosa - NZ ladder fern
Generally found around hot pools in thermal regions. As a garden plant it grows vigorously and spreads widely. Plant with caution. Does not have the tubers of the exotic ladder fern.
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Fern
Nephrolepis species - Native ladder fern
A creeping fern, this native species is not the exotic ladder fern. It is confined to the North Island around active geothermal fields from the Rotorua Lakes District to Lake Taupo.
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Ground Cover
Nertera balfouriana
Small glossy bright green leaves. Forms a tight mat. Yellow-orange berries.
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Ground Cover
Nertera depressa
Small mottled green-bronze leaves. Compact habit. Orange-red berries (autumn-winter).
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Ground Cover
Nertera dichondraefolia
Small mottled green leaves. Compact habit. Orange-red berries (autumn-winter).
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Ground Cover
Nertera scapanioides
Small pale green leaves. Orange-red berries. Grows happily in damp situations.
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Herb
Nertera villosa
A rather attractive groundcover with lime green leaves and densely covered in hairs. Fast growing and dense. Enjoys a cold climate.
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Tree
Nestegis apetala - Coastal Maire
Large, oval, leathery leaves and a more spreading habit than the other Maires.
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Tree
Nestegis cunninghamii - Black Maire
Dark green leaves. Attractive specimen. Bunches of red berries (autumn).
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