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Pocket Ecologist

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Urban / suburban / backyard ecosystems

Investigate gardens, built surroundings and opportunities for local ecological participation.

These 23 environments are proposed player-facing categories, not an authoritative scientific ecosystem classification.

Your starter environment

A shared 360° starter workspace is available. Habitat-specific scenery and objects still need reviewed material.

Build a private world

Public exploration is open. Editing and saving use your existing NZ Ex Games account and participation authority.

Content gaps and potential Field missions
  • A reviewed 360° environment for urban / suburban / backyard ecosystems.
  • Documented habitat and species photographs for urban / suburban / backyard ecosystems, with capture context and reuse permission.
  • Authentic ecological relationships and process examples; identifications and interpretations need review.

Online participants can help research sources and describe what is missing. Field participants can contribute original captures with context and permissions. These are suggested missions, not submitted requests.

Existing Field contribution pathway · Explore Missions

Field submissions remain subject to existing review and publication controls; uploading does not add them to this library.

Shared references

2 images available.

Reference applicability helps investigation. It does not verify a habitat classification, species occurrence or ecological outcome in your world.

Kōwhai flowers

Kōwhai flowers

Kōwhai flowers, Southland. A separately sourced view of native flowering.

Flowering reference for investigation, including planting questions. This does not establish local occurrence or planting suitability.

Species reference · Kōwhai (source label)

Kiri Pullen / Source: Department of Conservation (NZ) · Source · CC BY 4.0

Full-frame resize, no crop, no upscale; public metadata stripped Reuse must retain attribution and licence conditions, including ShareAlike where applicable. No endorsement is implied.

Provenance and review

Retained source description; no independent species or site verification claimed. Flowering reference for investigation, including planting questions. This does not establish local occurrence or planting suitability.

Reviewed reference · rights verified · approved for library use. Source photograph; reference context, not evidence from your world.

No associated NZ Ex Games Field contribution.

Asset DOC-PLANT-002 · version 1

Image SHA-256: 58e2ef9bed7022a65819497c6a8089e430f415eaf9ec802eec2409ec7e31a860

Retained source SHA-256: 828390431887c8c7b11049a8a0a9eebd084406c139f1186849b91dc9f25c1e37

Applicable environment views (6)

Use the References palette in your private world to arrange this image with its attribution.

Common brushtail possum

Common brushtail possum

Common brushtail possum. Capture locality is not established; this is not a sighting in the adjacent forest.

Reference for investigation of browsing pressures. Neither presence nor damage is established at any player site.

Species reference · Common brushtail possum (source label)

Steve Pilkington / Source: Department of Conservation (NZ) · Source · CC BY 4.0

Full-frame resize, no crop, no upscale; public metadata stripped Reuse must retain attribution and licence conditions, including ShareAlike where applicable. No endorsement is implied.

Provenance and review

Retained source description; no independent species or site verification claimed. Reference for investigation of browsing pressures. Neither presence nor damage is established at any player site.

Reviewed reference · rights verified · approved for library use. Source photograph; reference context, not evidence from your world.

No associated NZ Ex Games Field contribution.

Asset DOC-PRED-025 · version 1

Image SHA-256: fab248a5d495052e89a40cd15d870f1b7afb7607e9f4e7008c4e76f0a1adfbef

Retained source SHA-256: e6f208ac1487ab59c34540559c3c282093307eae54236d03ed194d1809ecc908

Applicable environment views (6)

Use the References palette in your private world to arrange this image with its attribution.

Choose an environment

Lowland native forest is the working demonstration. Kahikatea swamp forest and pastoral farmland / farm margins are enrichment priorities.