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New Zealand

Oceania · Australia and New Zealand

Total Species
574
Threatened
26
CR + EN + VU
Population
4,822,233
Area
270,467 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 8
Vulnerable 17
Near Threatened 16
Least Concern 195
Data Deficient 8
Not Evaluated 287
Extinct 4

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 392
Animalia 171
Chromista 9
Fungi 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in New Zealand

mucronate screw moss

Tortula mucronifolia

Vulnerable

Mute Swan

Cygnus olor

Near Threatened

Myrtle-leaf milkwort

Polygala myrtifolia

Not Evaluated

Narrow swordfern

Nephrolepis cordifolia

Not Evaluated

Native Scots Pinewood

Pinus sylvestris

Least Concern

Neat feather-moss

Pseudoscleropodium purum

Least Concern

Needle Bush

Hakea sericea

Not Evaluated

Night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Nightshade

Solanum linnaeanum

Least Concern

Norfolk island pine

Araucaria heterophylla

Vulnerable

Nutgrass

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

Okie bean

Dipogon lignosus

Not Evaluated

Oleander

Nerium oleander

Not Evaluated

Olive

Olea europaea

Not Evaluated

Oliver's touch-me-not

Impatiens sodenii

Not Evaluated

Onionweed

Asphodelus fistulosus

Not Evaluated

Orange cestrum

Cestrum aurantiacum

Least Concern

Orange Ping-Pong Bat

Favolaschia calocera

Not Evaluated

Orange wattle

Acacia saligna

Not Evaluated

Pacific oyster

Magallana gigas

Not Evaluated

Pale galingale, Tall flatsedge

Cyperus eragrostis

Not Evaluated

Panic veldtgrass

Ehrharta erecta

Not Evaluated

Paradox acacia

Acacia paradoxa

Least Concern

Para grass

Urochloa mutica

Not Evaluated

parma wallaby

Macropus parma

Near Threatened

Parrotfeather

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Not Evaluated

Passion flower

Passiflora mixta

Not Evaluated

Peach

Prunus persica

Not Evaluated

Perennial ryegrass

Lolium perenne

Not Evaluated

Peruvian groundcherry

Physalis peruviana

Not Evaluated

pharaoh ant

Monomorium pharaonis

Not Evaluated

piccabeen bangalow palm

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana

Not Evaluated

Pig's ear

Cotyledon orbiculata

Not Evaluated

Pink jasmine

Jasminum polyanthum

Not Evaluated

Pinkmouth Hydroid

Ectopleura crocea

Not Evaluated

Pleated tunicate

Styela plicata

Not Evaluated

Plume albizia

Paraserianthes lophantha

Least Concern

Polynesian rat

Rattus exulans

Least Concern

Ponto-Caspian freshwater hydroid

Cordylophora caspia

Not Evaluated

Portugal Laurel

Prunus lusitanica

Least Concern

Prickly moses

Acacia verticillata

Least Concern

Punktree

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Least Concern

Purple African nightshade

Solanum marginatum

Not Evaluated

Purple granadilla

Passiflora edulis

Not Evaluated

Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Least Concern

Purple pampas grass

Cortaderia jubata

Not Evaluated

Purple Viper's-bugloss

Echium plantagineum

Not Evaluated

Queensland poplar

Homalanthus populifolius

Least Concern

Rattlebox

Sesbania punicea

Least Concern

Red beadtree

Adenanthera pavonina

Least Concern

red crust

Cryptosula pallasiana

Not Evaluated

red flowerhead polyp

Coryne pusilla

Not Evaluated

Red-throated ascidian

Herdmania momus

Not Evaluated

Reed canarygrass

Phalaris arundinacea

Least Concern

Reed mannagrass

Glyceria maxima

Least Concern

Rescuegrass

Bromus catharticus

Not Evaluated

Rhododendron

Rhododendron ponticum

Not Evaluated

ribbed grass snail

Vallonia costata

Least Concern

Ribbon Fern

Pteris cretica

Not Evaluated

ringed tubularia

Ectopleura larynx

Not Evaluated

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