Climber
Forms large masses, growing rapidly and smothering the forest canopy.
Named after its batwing shaped leaves and flowers that are very similar to the passionfruit flower.
Can quickly invade pasture, reducing area for grazing and breaking fences that it grows over.
Pantropical plant naturalised in 1950. Introduced to New Zealand as an attractive garden plant that flowers year round.
A dense scrambler with small pinkish-white flowers (October to March), red berries, long prickly stems, and sharp spiny scales.
Native to Central and South America. Introduced to New Zealand as an ornamental garden plant. Also called cup-and-saucer vine as the flowers resemble tea cups and the base of the flower looks like a saucer.
A climbing plant with coiling tendrils that allow it to climb up into the tree canopy.
A highly invasive plant that quickly smothers other plants and trees.
Clusters of brown-purple flowers with a vanilla fragrance from August to October.
A slender, scrambling climber with green, twining stems up to 2m long.
Scrambling or low climbing plant with kumara-like woody tubers with yellow flesh.
A deciduous, woody stemmed climber which grows up to 15m into trees.
Native to Mexico, its seeds have wings to help them to be carried along in winds.
Rampant climber with stout woody stems that will attach to almost anything.
Scrambling vine with thin, soft, glossy, hairless leaves that are ivy-shaped.
A vigorous climber with long, wiry stems that twine clockwise. It can grow up to 15m a year.
Very tolerant and extremely hard to kill, Jasmine can live up to 15 to 20 years in the wild.
Kudzu is a high climbing, woody vine which can grow from 10 - 30m high.
A sprawling perennial daisy which grows up to 40 cm tall.
Evergreen, climbing, woody vine with fleshy rhizomes and usually reddish stems.
Originally from South Africa it is aptly named because it can rapidly choke and smother other plants.
Butterflies feeding on moth plant can die from starvation due to feeding parts becoming gummed up.
Named after its seed clusters that look similar to an old man’s white woolly beard.
Also known as bridal creeper as it has been widely used for bridal bouquets.
An unfortunate by-product of commercially grown and exported kiwifruit.