Designed as a field guide, this work on the diverse wetland plant species of New Zealand is presented here as a facsimile reprint. It has a three-page section of corrections and plant-name changes since the original 1989 edition, and illustrates both native and naturalized plants of bogs, swamps, estuaries and lakes. The book covers the New Zealand botanical region: the three main islands, the Kermadecs, the Three Kings, the Chathams and the subantarctic islands, including Macquarie. Line drawings accompany the text, which describes the significant features, distributions and habitats of ferns and their allies, conifers, stoneworts and flowering plants. Mosses, liverworts and lichens are not included.