The right plant in the right place — an experimental plant selector for researchers, students, and curious minds. Built on a native-plant database provided by Dr Colin Meurk, with a companion database of exotic species you can switch on.
把合适的植物种在合适的地方——一个面向研究者、学生与好奇者的试验性植物选择器。以 Colin Meurk 博士提供的原生植物数据库为基础，并附有一个可随时开启的外来物种数据库。物种学名、俗名以及土纲和生态区的名称保持原文。
—species match个物种符合
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Step 1 of 6第 1 步（共 6 步）
Where will you plant?你要在哪里种植？
Click your site on the map. That sets the ecological region, and reads the soil order and the frost at that exact point off the national soil and climate maps, filling in steps 2 and 4 for you — change either if you know better. Or pick a region from the list, and answer the rest yourself. Skip this to include plants from every region. Learn more:在地图上点击你的场地。这会设定生态区，并从全国土壤图和气候图中读取该点的土纲和霜冻情况，替你填好第 2 步和第 4 步——如果你更了解实地情况，可以修改。也可以从列表中选择区域，其余步骤自行作答。跳过此步则包括所有区域的植物。了解更多：User guide使用指南 · Wikipedia · DOC guide (PDF)DOC 指南（PDF，英文）
or choose:或选择：
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Step 2 of 6第 2 步（共 6 步）
What soil is on your site?你的场地是什么土壤？
Select the soil order at your planting site. If you clicked the map at step 1 this is already set from the national soil map at that point — change it if you know better. Not sure? Look it up on the Landcare soil map, read about the soil orders, or see the summary table in the user guide.
Pick the typical moisture condition of the soil for most of the year. Sites that span wet and dry ground are best searched one band at a time — why, in the user guide.
If you clicked the map at step 1 this is already set from NIWA’s frost maps for that point; it counts air frosts, so answer harder if your site is a hollow. Frost decides more plantings than almost anything else — a frost-tender species put out on a cold flat is killed in its first winter. Pick the worst frost your site normally sees, not the average. More about frost in the user guide.
Cold air runs downhill. A valley floor, a hollow, or the flat ground behind a solid fence or shelterbelt collects cold air and frosts far harder than the slope just above it. If your site is one of those, answer for the hollow, not for the district.
Optional — pick a setting, then click the exact zone in the illustration. Only one zone can be active at a time; clicking it again clears it. Skip straight to results to ignore this filter. All sixteen settings explained.
Got your list? Now plant it properly. Species choice is only half the job — survival comes down to fencing, pest control, weed control and technique. Read How to plant, or jump to the planting day checklist.
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