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Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula was once almost entirely forested, but only small fragments of that bush remains. One of the goals of the 2025 Wikipedian at Large project is to improve the coverage of Banks Peninsula's remaining forests and its unique plant species and associations.

Significant bush remnants

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Scenic Reserves
Wikidata Article Quality Photos Notes
Kaituna Valley Scenic Reserve (Q106569865) Kaituna Valley Scenic Reserve (1)
Okuti Valley Scenic Reserve (Q32306112) Okuti Valley Scenic Reserve
Montgomery Park Reserve (Q32281760) Montgomery Park Scenic Reserve Fix Ceb
Hay Scenic Reserve (Q32218821) Hay Scenic Reserve Category:Hay Scenic Reserve (4)
Ellangowan Reserve (Q32192264) Ellangowan Scenic Reserve Fix Ceb
Tutakakahikura Scenic Reserve (Q106569821) Tutakakahikura Scenic Reserve
Nikau Palm Gully (Q32298760) Nīkau Palm Gully Scenic Reserve
Dave Kelly (Q46848147) Ōtepātotu Scenic Reserve Fix Ceb

Standard properties of a scenic reserve should be instance of, IUCN protected areas category (IUCN category III), country, Aaministrative territorial entity, coordinate location, area, NZ Gazetteer place ID, iNaturalist place ID. Other could be location, elevation above sea level, area, named after, official name, image.

Endemism

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There are a few plant species that occur only on Banks Peninsula.

Endemic plants
Wikidata Article Quality Photos Notes
Celmisia mackaui (Q15561585) Celmisia mackaui (1), no Commons category
Festuca actae (Q15296822) Festuca actae Article based on a single non-NZ source
Veronica strictissima (Q17744705) Veronica strictissima Category:Veronica strictissima (only herbarium specimens) Student project, in need of fixing
Heliohebe lavaudiana (Q15598152) Heliohebe lavaudiana
Leptinella minor (Q15598005) Leptinella minor
Tmesipteris horomaka (Q17249545) Tmesipteris horomaka Category:Tmesipteris horomaka (1) Student project needing work
Wahlenbergia akaroa (Q15554449) Wahlenbergia akaroa (1)

Hinewai

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