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Plants of New Zealand - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 168 times
- The average score is 9 of 20
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Mighty coniferous tree, produces gum, straight trunk, biggest example is Tane Mahuta | Kauri | 90%
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| Tree with bright yellow spring flowers which tui love to eat nectar from | Kowhai | 90%
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| 'New Zealand's Christmas tree', covered in large red flowers in summer, multi-trunked | Pohutukawa | 85%
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| Tall green sword-like leaves, flower stalks up to 4 metres tall, many uses e.g. baskets, rope | New Zealand Flax / Harakeke | 79%
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| Called 'tea tree' by Captain Cook, sharp-tipped leaves, little pink or white flowers in spring | Manuka | 78%
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| National symbol, fern fronds have silver underside | Silver Fern / Ponga | 78%
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| 'White pine', tallest native tree in New Zealand, pale timber has no odour | Kahikatea | 62%
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| Only palm native to New Zealand and southernmost member of the palm family, slow-growing | Nikau | 59%
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| Tall podocarp tree with cones, bark flakes off, short needle-like prickly leaves | Totara | 46%
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| Tall coniferous tree, long drooping branches, lovely timber, used to be called 'red pine' | Rimu | 43%
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| Distinctive tree with narrow leaves up to a metre long which are good for kindling | Cabbage Tree / Ti kouka | 37%
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| Unique small tree, juveniles have thin trunk with long narrow stiff brown leaves jutting out from top, adults have shorter wider leaves in a rounded crown | Lancewood / Horoeka | 32%
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| Soft woody shrub in the pea family, clusters of stunning red flowers in spring, long seedpods | Kakabeak / Kowhai-ngutukaka | 29%
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| 'Bushman's friend', large dull green leaves with soft furry undersides can be used as toilet paper | Rangiora | 26%
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| Tall tree called 'New Zealand honeysuckle' by early settlers, leathery narrow leaves, small red flowers good for honey production | Rewarewa | 19%
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| 'New Zealand mahogany', tree with large pink tubular flowers in spring and pink berries which native birds like to eat | Puriri | 18%
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| World's largest buttercup, alpine plant with pure white flowers and large glossy leaves that can hold rainwater | Mount Cook Lily | 15%
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| Clumping garden plant with huge round glossy leaves and pale blue spring flowers | Chatham Island Forget-me-not | 10%
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| Clumping garden plant with soft drooping strappy leaves and masses of starry white flowers on long stalks in spring | Rock Lily / Rengarenga | 10%
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| Swordlike leaves, stiff red bottlebrush flower spikes in spring, discovered in 1924 on Northland's offshore island cliffs | Poor Knights Lily | 6%
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