Rakau - Native Trees of Aotearoa A - Z Poster by Erin Forsyth

This comprehensive poster includes over 50 native species from the plant and animal kingdoms lovingly illustrated in a classic A - Z format. Species are arranged alphabetically by their names in te reo Māori, English or Latin to complete the alphabet used to communicate these languages in their written form. Ideal for classroom use, but also a great gift for grandchildren who you would like to learn about New Zealand plants with a decorative and educative poster. This is an excellent example of natural history illustration: many entries deliberately include associated organisms (such as insects, fruits, flowers, edible structures, or ecological relationships) rather than depicting only the tree itself. For example, the Pūriri entry includes the Pūriri moth, and the Ureure/Tāwhara entry illustrates the relationship between the kiekie plant and the Polynesian rat. The low resolution catalogue image is not as crisp as the very easy to read black and white poster is in real life.  Species on Rākau, Trees, A–Z are:

Kauri

Taraire & Tawa

Kōpī & Karaka (fruits)

Rimu & Kahikatea, White Pine

Hīnau, Pōkākā, Whīnau

Tāwhai, Tawai, NZ Beech, Red, Hard, Mountain, Black & Silver Beech

Pāpūma, Kapuka & Puka, Akapuka, Shining Broadleaf

Pseudowintera colorata &

Pseudopanax crassifolium

Tawari & Inaka, Grass Tree

Ixerba brexioides &

Dracophyllum longifolium

Kaihua, Akakiore, NZ Jasmine

Parsonsia heterophylla

Kōwhai, Ngutu-kākā, Kakabeak & Kawakawa

Sophora microphylla, Clianthus maximus

& Piper excelsum subsp. excelsum

Tarata, Lemonwood

Pittosporum eugenioides

Mānuka, Kānuka, Putaputawētā, Marble-leaf, Māpou, Red Mātipō & Māhoe, Whitey-wood

Leptospermum scoparium, Kunzea ericoides,

Carpodetus serratus, Myrsine australis

& Melicytus ramiflorus

Rhopalostylis sapida & R. baueri

OLEACEAE Maire Rōroro, Black, White & Narrow-leaved Maire

Nestegis cunninghamii,

N. lanceolata & N. montana

Pukatea, Tānekaha, Celery Pine, Porokaiwhiri & Parapara, Bird-catching Tree

Laurelia novae-zelandiae,

Phyllocladus trichomanoides,

Hedycarya arborea & Pisonia brunoniana

Tawheowheo, Possumwood

Rewarewa, NZ Honeysuckle

Knightia excelsa

Poroporo, Bullbull

Podocarpus totara var. totara

Ureure, Tāwhara – the edible bracts of kiekie & here – the rat which eats them

Freycinetia banksii & Rattus exulans

Pūriri & Pepe Tuna, Pūriri Moth

Vitex lucens & Aenetus virescens

Whau, Corkwood

Entelea arborescens

Raupō Taranga, Poor Knights Lily

Lepidothamnus intermedius

Tauhinu, Silver Cottonwood, Mountain Tauhinu & Pepe Auriki, the Little Blue Butterfly

Ozothamnus leptophyllus, O. vauvilliersii

& Zizina otis labradus