Common in rank grassland bordering regenerating kauri (Agathis australis) / tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides) forest.
Mature primocanes glabrous, immature canes finely covered in sessile to near sessile glandular hairs and sparse, longer eglandular ones. Canes angular (not terete). Armature frequent on angles of canes and within the axis of the inflorescences. Stipules lanceolate, hairy. Leaf under sides hairy only on veins and midribs (not evenly tomentose - even near inflorescences), hairs long, somewhat flexuose. Inflorescences pubescent, bearing sparse prickles; prickles only slight curved, pale green on immature canes, maturing greenish-yellow. Sepals, broad, acuminate; acumen long and tapering; sepal surfaces evenly and thickly pubescent, without pricklets but bearing occasional sessile glandular hairs. Flower petals dark to light pink (not seen in these images sorry), not notably crumpled or crisped. Anthers glabrous. Fruits not seen.
Does not key out satisfactorily using the Rubus fruticosus key in N.Z. Flora IV. - best matches are R. nemoralis (which it does not look like, and the sepals lack pricklets) and R. cissburiensis x R. nemoralis - except that the underside of the leaves near the inflorescence are not evenly tomentose.
Voucher: P.J. de Lange 13282 & F.J.T. de Lange, AK 363389
Some fairly well established blackberry bushes near the river
Posting shows an especially dense aggregation of sporophyte bearing plants growing on damp. compacted soil within a lawn.
Associated with Lunularia cruciata, Bryum, sp., Fissidens bryoides, Poa annua and Sagina procumbens.
Elaters not spiral, capsule wall with stomata, spores brown. Thallus costale near margins, spore spines c.3 microns.
Identification confirmed by J.E. Braggins 11 November 2016.
Abundant - lignicolous on old totara (Podocarpus totara var. toatar) stump near slashed over gumland near pylon line.
Voucher: P.J. de Lange 13247, AK
Windswept on exposed coastal terrace
Occasional tree in regenerating indigenous forest (mostly dominated by rawiri (Kunzea linearis), rawirinui (K. robusta) and hybrids between them. Flowering heavily.
Locally abundant in riparian and slope forest on rotting logs, fallen tree fern (ponga) and tree stumps in heavily shaded sites. Plants golden yellow with a distinct 'woolly' appearance and somewhat glossy when fresh. Leaves densely hispid. Seems to be this species or one allied to it - microscope work needed to resolve but this name is a good place holder for now.
Voucher: P.J. de Lange 13304 & F.J.T. de Lange
Abundant along stream bands and within stream bed (often growing immersed). Associated with Fissidens rigidulus var. rigidulus and Monoclea forsteri. Plant smostly dark green to almost black. Leaves flattened into one plane. Costa strong reaching leaf apex, leaf lamina near apex very minutely, irregularly serrated. Image of an especially lush and brighter green patch than those usually seen.
Voucher: P.J. de Lange 13290 & F.J.T. de Lange, AK
Starting to naturalise in bark gardens around planted specimens. Not sure of the species but this is the name that is being used for such plants in New Zealand (for now any way).
The keen and observant of you will notice that in one image there is a poroporo seedling - which I am not posting up as a separate record because its sterile and so I cannot furnish it with a name beyond genus level....
:-)