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Tree
Schefflera digitata - Pate 
Good specimen tree with bold seven-finger foliage. Ideal for damp, shady sites. Fast growing. Masses of fruit for birds.
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Ground Cover
Schizeilema nitens
Trifoliate ground cover related to carrots. Dark green colour. Likes moist shade.
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Ground Cover
Schizeilema trifoliolatum
A dark green trifoliate relative of carrot. Rather attractive but needs stable conditions to do well.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Schoenoplectus pungens
This sedge has distinctive triangular stems. Grows behind the sand dunes in damp hollows.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Upright reed with a blue-green tone to foliage. Good for water treatment ponds or wetlands.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Schoenus apogon
A wispy little clumping plant that tolerates poor soils. Good for small gardens, fast growing and hardy.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Schoenus brevifolius - The Stabber
A wetland species from Northland prefering low PH soils and damp but not permanently inundated conditions.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Schoenus carsei
A rare species that forms thick swards in wetlands. Fast growing and attractive but not for dry areas.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Schoenus cespitans
Similar to S. apogon but more wispy and soft and darker green. Tolerates dry, poor soils.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Schoenus concinnus
A fine wispy ground cover with soft green foliage. A good little collection plant.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Schoenus maschalinus
A fine leaved groundcover often found on track sides in the bush. Needs wet areas to grow properly.
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Other
Schoenus pauciflorus - Bog rush, sedge tussock
Normally alpine in swamps and seepages.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Schoenus tendo
A fine rush like plant that goes orange in the sun and green in the shade. Can be temperamental during establishment, but very hardy on dry clay sites.
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Sedge & Rush-like
Scirpus polystachyus
In wetlands south of Hokitika to about Okarito. Its range is still expanding.
Usually in sunny places with rhizomes immersed in water.
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Herb
Scleranthus biflorus
Intriguing, conspicuous bright yellow-green mounds on rocks and coastal cliffs. Provide full sun and gritty soil. It is not a moss.
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Herb
Scleranthus brockiei
Intriguing conspicuous bright green mounds on rocks and coastal cliffs. Provide full sun and gritty soil. This is not a moss.
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Herb
Scleranthus uniflorus
Moss-like in texture. Tighter habit than S.biflorus. Lime green
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Herb
Scutellaria novae-zelandiae
Creeping herb with fine branches and small green/bronze leaves. Fast growing with white flowers.
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Ground Cover
Selliera microphylla
A species confined to the central plataeu. It is a species that has smaller foliage than Selliera radicans.
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Ground Cover
Selliera radicans
Strap-like, bright green foliage develops lush, carpet-like lawns that never need mowing. Ideal for small areas. White scented flowers (summer). Drench with salt water to control weeds.
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