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  1. Numbers of plants in North vs. South Island

  2. 7/06/2014 6:39:24 p.m. Pieter Pelser

    My French volunteer student asked me a question that I don't know the answer to: Does the South Island have more or less native plant species than the North Island and how many? Help!

  3. 7/06/2014 9:53:23 p.m. Peter de Lange

    In brief - yes it does - but off hand I can't tell the exact figures now - give me a while and I will try. However, you can tell your colleague that as the taxa rich groups are alpine, and there is more alpine habitat in the South Island, this is why it has more taxa and greater diversity than the North Island.

    Bona Notte

    Peter

  4. 9/06/2014 4:15:08 p.m. Mike Thorsen

    Hi Peter, brief analysis: 927 species on both North and South Island, 284 North island only, 643 South Island only. Doesn't include island endemics or indeterminate species. South Island is a clear winner!!! there are a few species that I haven't done the distribution for yet, but likely to be less than 20 in this category

  5. 9/06/2014 4:16:50 p.m. Pieter Pelser

    Thanks! Useful to know.

  6. 9/06/2014 6:54:55 p.m. Peter de Lange

    Yo Mike - thanks - I was working on this - you've saved me some time.

  7. 10/06/2014 8:15:57 a.m. Mike Thorsen

    No worries. It got me thinking and I had my database handy. Should have been doing other things that pays the bills .....

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