Fruit/Nectar calendar for native wildlife

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It's a good idea to offer birds and lizards a range of suitable plants so they will have food sources throughout the year.

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  Nectar Fruit Seeds
Key . . .
Plant Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Astelia
Astelia fragrans, A. solandri
            
Black maire
Nestegis cunninghamii
            
Broadleaf
Griselinia littoralis, G. lucida
            
Bush lawyer
Rubus australis, R. cissoides
            
Cabbage tree
Cordyline australis
            
Climbing rata
Metrosideros fulgens
            
Coastal kowhai
Sophora chathamica
            
Collospermum
Collospermum hastatum
            
Cook Strait kowhai
Sophora molloyi
            
Coprosma crassifolia
Coprosma crassifolia
            
Coprosma grandifolia
Coprosma grandifolia
            
Coprosma rhamnoides
Coprosma rhamnoides
            
Dianella nigra
Dianella nigra
            
Five-finger
Pseudopanax arboreus
            
Forster's Clematis
Clematis forsteri
            
Hangehange
Geniostoma ligustrifolium
            
Hebe elliptica
Veronica elliptica var. crassifolia
            
Hinau
Elaeocarpus dentatus
            
Horopito
Pseudowintera axillaris
            
Kahikatea
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
            
Kaikomako
Pennantia corymbosa
            
Karamu
Coprosma robusta
            
Kawakawa
Macropiper excelsum
            
Kohekohe
Dysoxylum spectabile
            
Large leaved milk tree
Streblus banksii
            
Leafless lawyer
Rubus squarrosus
            
Mahoe
Melicytus ramiflorus
            
Makomako
Aristotelia serrata
            
Mapou
Myrsine australis
            
Matai
Prumnopitys taxifolia
            
Melicytus obovatus
Melicytus obovatus
            
Mikimiki
Coprosma linariifolia
            
Mingimingi
Coprosma propinqua
            
Miro
Pectinopitys ferruginea
            
Mountain flax
Phormium cookianum
            
Native passionfruit
Passiflora tetrandra
            
Ngaio
Myoporum laetum
            
Nikau
Rhopalostylis sapida
            
Northern rata
Metrosideros robusta
            
NZ daphne
Pimelea prostrata
            
NZ ice plant
Disphyma australe
            
NZ Iris
Libertia peregrinans
            
NZ spinach
Tetragonia tetragonioides
            
Pate
Schefflera digitata
            
Pigeonwood
Hedycarya arborea
            
Pittosporum tenuifolium
Pittosporum tenuifolium
            
Pohuehue
Muehlenbeckia complexa
            
Poroporo
Solanum laciniatum, S. aviculare
            
Putaputaweta
Carpodeus serratus
            
Ramarama
Lophomyrtus bullata
            
Remuremu
Selliera radicans
            
Rewarewa
Knightia excelsa
            
Rimu
Dacrydium cupressinum
            
Shiny karamu
Coprosma lucida
            
Shore convolvulus
Calystegia soldanella
            
Shore groundsel
Senecio lautus
            
Shrubby tororaro
Muehlenbeckia astonii
            
Silvery sand grass
Spinifex sericeus
            
Spinifex
Spinifex sericeus
            
Supplejack
Ripogonum scandens
            
Swamp flax
Phormium tenax
            
Swamp maire
Syzygium maire
            
Tarata
Pittosporum eugenioides
            
Taupata
Coprosma repens
            
Tawa
Beilschmiedia tawa
            
Thick-leaved mahoe
Melicytus crassifolius
            
Titoki
Alectryon excelsus
            
Toetoe
Austroderia toetoe
            
Tree fuchsia
Fuchsia excorticata
            
Tree hebe
Veronica parviflora
            
Tutu
Coriaria arborea
            
Tōtara
Podocarpus totara
            
Wharangi
Melicope ternata
            
White clematis
Clematis paniculata
            
White maire
Nestegis lanceolata
            
White rata
Metrosideros perforata