NZ Plants D – Dacrycarpus dacrydioides to Dysoxylum spectabile
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Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (formerly Podocarpus dacrydioides,
syn white pine, kahikatea) is a tall growing conifer, which can reach
300 ft (60 m). The leaves occur in juvenile, semi-adult and
adult forms. The female ovules and male cones are carried on different
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Dacrydium cupressinum is a tree that grows to 60–100 ft
(18–30 m) in New Zealand, where is it called rimu, or red
pine. The leaves are small, and closely overlap the drooping branches.
The stringy bark peels off in long flakes. It is common in lowland and
mountain forests in the North, South and Stewart Islands. |
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Dianella nigra forms tufts of narrow strappy foliage.
The green leaves are narrow, and rough to the touch, 10–24 in
(25–60 cm) long. The flowers are small and white. The berries
(illustrated) are blue-purple through to white. |
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Dianella nigra ‘Margaret Pringle’ is a
variegated cultivar with varying stripes of cream-white, the edges can
be pink. |
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Dicksonia fibrosa (syn wheki-ponga) is a tree fern
with a stout truck, reaching 8 ft (2.5 m) in time. The young
fronds are almost erect, spreading as they age, green to dark green. |
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Dicksonia squarrosa is a tree fern with a slender
trunk covered with the black bases of frond stalks, which can grow to
23 ft (7 m). The fronds are pinnate 5–10 ft (1.5–3 m)
long, leathery, and dark green above. |
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Discaria toumatou is a prickly, bushy shrub or small
tree, which grows up to 20 ft (6 m) high. The green, spear-shaped
leaves are 0.4–8 in (1–2 cm) long and occur singly
or in bundles next to the thorns. The white flowers are tiny, 0.1–0.2 in
(3–5 mm) in diameter; summer. |
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Dodonea viscosa is an erect to spreading, vigorous,
evergreen shrub, growing to 40–120 in (1–3 m)
high and wide. The green leaves are oval to spear-shaped, 1.6–4 in
(4–10 cm) long. The small flowers are greenish to yellowish,
with male and female flowers on separate plants. |
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Dolichoglottis scorzoneroides (syn Senecio scorzoneroides)
is an herbaceous perennial, with fleshy, parallel veined leaves. The
green leaves are narrow, parallel-sided to oval, up to 8 in (20 cm)
long. The daisy flowers are 1.6–2.4 in (4–6 cm)
across. |
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Donatia novae-zelandiae is a dense, spreading cushion
plant. The dark, closely overlapping leaves are 0.2–0.4 in
(5–10 mm) long. Single white flowers about 0.4 in (9 mm)
diameter are seen in summer. |
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Dracophyllum arboreum is tree or an upright shrub
up to 33 ft (10 m) high, with a short thick trunk. The adult
leaves are 3.5 in (9 cm) long, and are clustered towards the
ends of the branchlets. The tubular flowers are pale yellow. |
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Dracophyllum menziesii is a medium sized, much-branched,
spreading or erect growing shrub, which can reach 7 ft (2 m).
The green, curving, leathery leaves are 3–8 in (7.5–20 cm)
long. The small, creamy-white flowers are trumpet-shaped. |
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Dracophyllum recurvum is a low-growing shrub that
can reach 40 in (1 m) high. The curved leaves are grey to
reddish-brown. The flowers are white, and occur in clusters at the branch
ends. |
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Dysoxylum spectabile is an evergreen, medium sized
tree which grows to 20–50 ft (6–15 m). The leaves
are compound pinnate. The waxy white flowers are in panicles, up to
12 in (30 cm) long, autumn and winter. |
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