The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for January 2016. Otago herbarium goes digital; NZIFSB monthly report; Plant of the month: Leptinella nana; DNA profiling to help save endangered tree; Lucy Cranwell student grant applications called for; Australian Network for Plant Conservation call for articles. File size: 563KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for December 2015. New app for orchids; Plant of the month: Senecio sterquilinus; NZIFSB monthly report; Favourite plant and worst weed vote results; A visit to Arowhenua Bush; Applications called for Lucy Cranwell scholarship; Botanical Society of Otago calendars. File size: 835 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for November 2015. Tributes to John Sawyer; Plant of the month: Caltha obtusa; President's report to AGM; Images request; NZPCN Awards winners; Charity auction results; Favourite plant and worst weed progress report. File size 701KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for October 2015. Plant of the month: Hebe armstrongii; Favourite plant worst weed vote; Council member profiles (4); NZIFSB monthly report; ANPC call for articles. File size: 549 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for September 2015. Plant of the month: Atriplex buchananii; Exciting news from the Chathams; Council member profiles (3); NZIFSB monthly report; Decline of puriri; Assistance request; Conference 2015; Conference charity auction; Favourite Plant and Worst Weed vote to begin soon; Launch of Christchurch360 trail; Auckland region grants programme; Global IPA criteria. File size: 1 MB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for August 2015. Plant of the month: Casytha paniculata; AGM notice; Council member profiles (3); Prebbleton nature park; NZIFSB monthly report; Conference charity auction donations update; Conference registrations; NZPCN annual awards call for nominations; Uncinia is now Carex; Wanted female Coprosma intertexta. File size: 976 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for July 2015. Plant of the month: Aciphylla dieffenbachii; Conference 2015; Council member profiles (2), Jesse Bythell, Peter de Lange; NZIFSB monthy report; Conference charity auction donations update; Recent taxonomic changes; New book: Common ground: who's who in New Zealand botanical names; Seedling survival and growth in urban forest restoration planting; NZPCN annual awards, call for nominations; David Given scholarship, call for applications; Australian National Seed Science Forum; Auckland Council workshops on grants; Australasian Plant Conservation, call for articles. File size: 511KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for June 2015. Plant of the month: Beilschmiedia tarairi; Rediscovery of Dysphania pusilla; Council member profiles: Sarah Beadel, Rewi Elliot; Conservationists honoured in Queen's Birthday Honours list; NZIFSB monthly report; NZPCN annual awards, call for nominations; Leptinella filiformis found in the Clarence; David Given scholarship, call for applications; NZPCN 2015 conference, workshop details, charity auction; accessing newsletters; Marsh awards, call for nominations. File size: 771 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for May 2015. Plant of the month: Carex rubicunda; NZIFSB monthly report; David Given scholarship, call for applications; NZPCN conference 2015, field trip outlines. File size: 421 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for April 2015. Plant of the month: Myosotis albosericea; Tribute to the late Emeritus Professor Bastow Wilson; Antipodes Island flora and vegetation; Seed banking kakabeak using Auckland Botanic Gardens seed orchard; Threatened plant propagation research on Anogramma leptophylla; New Zealand Indigenous Flora Seed Bank monthly report; NZPCN 2015 conference. File size: 558KB 

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for March 2015. Plant of the Month: Corokia macrocarpa; Network 2015 conference announcement; Great white butterfly threat (2); New app makes identifying plants easier; Towards a regional threat classification system for New Zealand; New book: Vanishing nature: facing New Zealand's biodiversity crisis; Seed bank monthly report. File size: 298KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for February 2015. Plant of the Month: Scandia rosifolia; threat reduction from great white butterfly; flora images required; Seed bank monthly report; Network 2015 conference announcement; requests for information; New book: Vascular plants of Ahipara, Kaitaia area and Karikari Peninsula. File size: 638KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for January 2015. Plant of the Month: Leptinella atrata subsp atrata; Marbleleaf/putaputaweta; Stuart Park restoration project; Kaitorete Spit field trip report; a Fiordland find; Seed bank monthly report; Newsletter copy request. File size: 664KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for December 2014. Plant of the Month: Gaultheria depressa var. novae-zelandiae; Obituary for David Galloway; Favourite plant, worst weed vote results; Leptinella rotundata; New rhizobial species nodulate Sophora; Bartlett's rata; Network award winner gets Prime Minister's prize; Seed bank monthly report. File size: 1013KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for November 2014. Plant of the Month: Davallia tasmanii; The planet needs more plant scientists; DNA tests complete kakabeak jigsaw; Couple's lifelong effort recognised; Favourite plant and worst weed vote - progress report; NZIFSB report - Volunteers play vital role in Seed Bank; Applications called for Lucy Cranwell scholarship. File size: 964 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for October 2014. Plant of the Month: Celmisia dallii; President's report to AGM; Doodia and Blechnum ferns; NZPCN award winners 2014; Naming Olearia; NZIFSB report; Favourite plant and worst weed vote begins; Epiphytes, vines and mistletoes; NZIFSB Dunedin workshop; Applications called for Lucy Cranwell scholarship. File size: 1.5 MB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for September 2014. Plant of the Month: Wahlenbergia matthewsii; Winner of Allan Mere; Great find on the East Coast; Forum comes alive; Good news for plants on Secretary Island; Radio play review; Hidden treasures of Titahi Bay; Indigenous flora seed bank one year on; NZIFSB Dunedin workshop; M Phil degree; Applications called for Lucy Cranwell scholarship. File size: 512 KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for August 2014. Plant of the Month: Ranunculus acraeus; Request for translocation information; Another taxonomic opinion on Kunzea ericoides; eFlora of New Zealand mosses published online; NZIFSB Dunedin workshop announced; Planting at Ohinetahi Reserve; Anisotome patula observations; Australian Network's orchid conservation programme. File size: 599KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for July 2014. Plant of the Month: Alseuosmia quercifolia; Plant Conservation Awards 2014; AGM announcement; Help wanted with phenology recording; Nga Manu Nature Reserve seeks help; Lichen notes (3) addendum; Encouraging the next generation of botanists; Two interactive keys updated; Interactive key to Cotoneaster species. File size: 593KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for June 2014. Plant of the Month: Lastreopsis velutina; Plant Conservation Awards 2014; New Zealand Maori story featured in a French chateau garden; Lichen notes 3, new substrata for the map lichen, Rhizocarpon geographicum, in New Zealand. File size 666KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for May 2014. Plant of the month: Crassula mataikona; NZ Indigenous Flora Seed Bank update; Promotion of lupins and foxgloves; Burkholderia symbionts now in New Zealand; Native vegetation through the eye of an artist; Auckland Kereru Project; Research request for seed; New book: A classification of New Zealand's terrestrial ecosystems; BBC Natural History Unit request. File size 778KB

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for April 2014. Plant of the month: Entelea arborescens; News from Life Force Restoration Trust; Inquisitive nature leads to exceptional find; Lichen field guide, correction and explanation; Tiger stripes and leopard spots; a coastal shrubland in Canterbury before and after fire. File size: 827KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for March 2104. Plant of the month: Pleurosorus rutifolius; Spectacular flowering on St Marys Range; Rediscovering Simplicia laxa in the southern North Island; The fascinating world of lichens; Discovering the stairway to Belchnum fraseri heaven; NZIFSB Christchurch seed collector training. File size: 793KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for February 2014. Plant of the month: Syzygium maire; The hunt for Ramalodium dumosum; Lake Runanga restoration; Aro Valley restoration; Mistletoe species in the Wairarapa; Book review: Lichens of New Zealand; Seed Bank collector trainng. File size: 698KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for January 2014. Plant of the month: Hymenophyllum malingii; Dr Colin Burrows' death; New Zealand's favourite plant and worst weed; Activity on Network Forum; Pitt Island School and Chatham Island toetoe; Genetic diversity in Chatham Island toetoe; Book review: Plant Life on Banks Peninsula; Sole Chatham Islands endemic lichen discovered on South Otago coastline. File size: 907KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for December 2014. Plant of the month: Alepis flavida; Favourite plant and worst weed voting; Phenology recording; Cook's scurvy grass and the role of seabirds; Global Environments summer academy; Image library tops 27,000 images; Lichen notes no.2; New generic names for New Zealand's southern beeches; Mass planting boosts Turner's kohuhu; A little bit of New Zealand in Seattle; Sediment dumping refused for Whitford embayment; Trees: our life savers are dying. File size 829KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation E-newsletter for November 2013.  Plant of the month: Ranunculcus grahamii; President's report to AGM; Network Awards for 2013; Aquatic plant information; Seed bank coordinator; Gleichenia inclusisora in the Charleston-Westport area; The naming of things; New and changed names in the indigenous vascular flora; Common names as a tool to persuade; 360 Discovery Cruises voucher available; Lucy Cranwell Scholarship applications called for; RNZIH scholarchip applications called for. File size: 709KB

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for October 2013. Plant of the month: Pittosporum cornifolium; AGM announcement; Kauri dieback update; Vernaculars - an opinion from one who suffers them as a necessity of life; Lichen notes 1-Euopsis granatina; Turanga Reserve's development and reforestation. File size: 839KB

NZ Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for September 2013. Plant of the month: Hebe benthamii; AGM announcement; Nick Head awarded Loder Cup; John Braggins awarded 2013 Allan Mere; Network website updates; New Lepidium from New Zealand; Tenth New Zealand indigenous plant threat listing assessment published; New Zealand's plant life goes mobile; Kauri faces uncertain future; NZ Plant Conservation Network awards 2013; Website reaches another image milestone. File size: 1.2 MB.

NZ Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for August (Number 117). Plant of the month: Pseudopanax linearis; Endowment Fund; Growing native terrestrial orchids; Flora of Sub Antarctic Island images; Image library close to 26,000 images; Mangere Island resoration project; Taieri Scroll Plain; Explaining scientific names (6); Network Awards call for nominations; Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust conference speakers. File size: 1 MB.

NZ Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for July 2013 (Number 116). Plant of the month: Poa incrassata; Endowment Fund challenge met; Explaining scientific names (5); Feral pohutukawa and other island stories; Montigenae novae-zelandiae and its rhizobial partners; New Zealand Birds Online is alive and kicking; New i-Book - An illustrated glossary of botanical terms featuring New Zealand plants; Paremata Flats restoration; A new generation of boundary riders; DNA tests raise hope for elusive plant.  File size: 941KB.

NZ Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for June 2013 (Number 115). Plant of the Month: Nestegis apetala; Endowment Fund challenge; Conference talks available; Sponsor acknowledgement; Charity auction results; Huge demand for training courses; Conference field trip report; Network business cards; Aquatic plant information available; Kaipatiki Project; Explaining scientific names (4); Support for Project Gold; Port Hills tree planting; Flowering and fruiting. File size: 604KB.

NZ Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for May 2013 (Number 114). Plant of the month: Metrosideros parkinsonii; Notes from Council meeting; Stepping back in time; New reserve for Banks Peninsula; Classical origins of plant names; New book - Plant life on Banks Peninsula; Our elusive native anemone. File size: 577KB.

New Zealand Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for April 2013 (Number 113). Plant of the month: Ichthyostomum pygmaeum; Nature's Ellerslie Flower Show entry; Conference speaker line-up grows; Conference news and call for papers; Flowering and fruiting of New Zealand plants; Seedbank update; Mobile website testing; Endowment fund for plant conservation; Network Council meeting; Network now has 25,000 images; Applications called for Brian Molloy scholarship; New version of native orchid key; GSPC Liaison Group meeting. File size: 584KB.

NZ Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for March 2103 (Number 112). Plant of the month: Melicytus crassifolius; Cliff scramble for rare plant; Charity auction at conference dinner; Explaining scientific names (2); New website a hit; Network forum proving popular; Epiphyte Workshop report; Natural heritage systems; Wise response appeal launched; Applications called for Brian Molloy scholarship. File size: 584KB

NZ Plant Conservation Network E-newsletter for February 2013 (Number 111). Plant of the month: Olearia solandri; Network conference 2013, call for papers; Tane Ngahere lecture abstract; Conference keynote speakers and draft programme; Canterbury Bot Soc summer camp report; Illustrated glossary available as a pop-up; Over 24,000 images on website; Scientific names; Phenology recording takes off; Members' profile option; Sir Alan Mark; Books offer; Plant conservation in Sri Lanka. File size: 581KB.

NZ Plant Conservation E-Newsletter for January 2013 (Number 110). Plant of the month: Agathis australis; Website makeover; Award to Dr Peter Heenan; Images still required; New Zealand's favourite plant; New Zealand's worst weeds; Kakabeak recovery; Marae-based plant courses; Meanings of plant names. File size: 603KB.

NZ Plant Conservation Network E-Newsletter for December 2012 (Number 109). Plant of the month: Metrosideros robusta; Favourite Plant and Worst Weed vote now open; Network's new website strategy; Rescheduled AGM; Network awards for 2012; Loder Cup presented to Dunedin ecologist; President's report for 2011-12; Successful Canterbury 'Plantout'. File size: 616KB

NZ Plant Conservation Network E-Newsletter for November 2012 (Number 108). Plant of the month: Gingidia montana; Wahlenbergia clarification; Plant records increasing; Network Council meeting and AGM; Seed dispersal mutualisms; Alford Forest. File size: 554KB