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Page 1 MEDWAY ECOLOGICAL DISTRICT Dry Wet Only Moist Sector SHRUBLAND/FOREST Forest Species) establish Bird Food Shrubland appropriate) Shade intolerant Above 300m only Shade required to Open Rocky Sites Sheltered Moist Sites Sites Sheltered Moist Initial Shelter (Nurse Initial Showy Flowers or Fruit Localized or Rare in this Threat Classification (if TALL TREES 20m+ Nothofagus solandri var 22Fr,H solandri Black beech Halls/mountain 222Fr Podocarpus hallii Totara Podocarpus totara Totara 22Fr Prumnopitys taxifolia Matai 22 2 Fr R SMALL TREES 5-15 metres Alectryon excelsus Titoki 22 22Fr Fr Aristotelia serrata Wineberry 22 22Fr Fl L Putaputaweta , 22 2 Fr Fl Carpodetus serratus marbleleaf Cordyline australis Cabbage tree 2222222 Fl,Fr Fl Cyathea dealbata Silver fern 22 22 R Cyathea medullaris Mamaku 22 22 R Dicksonia squarrosa Wheki 22 22 R Griselinia littoralis Broadleaf 22 22 Fr Hebe parviflora Tree hebe 22 22 Fl Narrow-leaved 2 222Fl, Lv Fl R Hoheria angustifolia lacebark Kunzea ericoides Kanuka 2222222 NFl Leptospermum scoparium Manuka 2222 222 NFl Lophomyrtus obcordata Rohutu 22 22Fr R Last updated August, 2009 Page 2 MEDWAY ECOLOGICAL DISTRICT Dry Wet Only Moist Sector SHRUBLAND/FOREST Forest Species) establish Bird Food Shrubland appropriate) Shade intolerant Above 300m only Shade required to Open Rocky Sites Sheltered Moist Sites Sites Sheltered Moist Initial Shelter (Nurse Initial Showy Flowers or Fruit Localized or Rare in this Threat Classification (if Melicytus ramiflorus Mahoe 22 2 Fr Myrsine australis Mapou , red matipo 2 2 2 2 Fr Olearia paniculata Akiraho 222222 Fl Pennantia corymbosa Kaikomako 2 22Fr Fl R Pittosporum eugenioides Lemonwood 2 222Fl R Pittosporum tenuifolium ssp 22222 tenuifolium Kohuhu 222 Plagianthus regius Manatu, ribbonwood Pseudopanax arboreus Five finger 2222 Fr Pseudopanax crassifolius Lancewood 22222 Fr Sophora microphylla Kowhai 22222 N, Lv Fl SHRUBS 2-5 metres Carmichaelia australis Common broom 22222 Carmichaelia glabrescens Pink tree broom 22 22 2 Fl R Coprosma crassifolia 2 22 2 2 Fr Coprosma linariifolia 222 2 Fr Coprosma lucida 2 22 2 Fr L Coprosma microcarpa 22 2 Fr L Coprosma obconica 222Fr 4 R Coprosma propinqua 2222 222 Fr Coprosma robusta Karamu 22222 Fr Coprosma rotundifolia 22 22Fr R Last updated August, 2009 Page 3 MEDWAY ECOLOGICAL DISTRICT Dry Wet Only Moist Sector SHRUBLAND/FOREST Forest Species) establish Bird Food Shrubland appropriate) Shade intolerant Above 300m only Shade required to Open Rocky Sites Sheltered Moist Sites Sites Sheltered Moist Initial Shelter (Nurse Initial Showy Flowers or Fruit Localized or Rare in this Threat Classification (if Coprosma "taylorae" 222 22 Fr Coriaria arborea Tutu 2222 222 Fr Cyathodes juniperina 22 22 Fr Matagouri , wild 2 22 2 2 N, Fr Discaria toumatou Irishman Hebe salicifolia Koromiko 22 222 Fl Hebe stricta Koromiko 22 222 Fl Hebe stenophylla 222 2 2 Fl Helichrysum lanceolatum Niniao 222 2 22 Fl Melicope simplex Poataniwha 22 22Fr Muehlenbeckia astonii 22 22 Fr 2 Olearia arborescens 22 22 L Pittosporum divaricatum 22222 Pseudopanax ferox Fierce lancewood 22 2 2 Fr 7 Schefflera digitata Pate 22 22Fr Solanum aviculare var 222 Fr Fl 4 aviculare Poroporo Solanum laciniatum Poroporo 222 Fr Fl Urtica ferox Tree nettle 22 SMALL SHRUBS etc Aristotelia fruticosa 22 2 2 2Fr Astelia fragrans Perching lily 22 22 Fr Brachyglottis monroi 22 22 2 Fl Last updated August, 2009 Page 4 MEDWAY ECOLOGICAL DISTRICT Dry Wet Only Moist Sector SHRUBLAND/FOREST Forest Species) establish Bird Food Shrubland appropriate) Shade intolerant Above 300m only Shade required to Open Rocky Sites Sheltered Moist Sites Sites Sheltered Moist Initial Shelter (Nurse Initial Showy Flowers or Fruit Localized or Rare in this Threat Classification (if Coprosma acerosa var 22 22 2 Fr "brunnea" Coprosma rhamnoides 22 222 Fr Coriaria sarmentosa Tutu 22 2 Fr Corokia cotoneaster Korokio 22 222 Fr Fl,Fr Cortaderia richardii Toetoe 22 22 Fl Hebe traversii 22 22 2 2 Fl Heliohebe hulkeana ssp 22 22 2 Fl hulkeana New Zealand lilac Melicytus "waipapa" Porcupine shrub 22 22 2 Fr Muehlenbeckia complexa Pohuehue 22 2 2 Fl,Fr Ozothamnus vauvilliersii Tauhinu 222222 Fl Marlborough rock 22 22 2 Fl Pachystegia insignis daisy Phormium cookianum Wharariki 222222 N Fl,Fr Phormium tenax Harakeke 222 22 N Fl,Fr Sophora prostrata Prostrate kowhai 22 22 2 NFl L Teucridium parvifolium 22222 4 GROUND PLANTS Carex dipsacea 22 Carex flagellifera 22 Carex forsteri 22 Carex testacea 22 Last updated August, 2009 Page 5 MEDWAY ECOLOGICAL DISTRICT Dry Wet Only Moist Sector SHRUBLAND/FOREST Forest Species) establish Bird Food Shrubland appropriate) Shade intolerant Above 300m only Shade required to Open Rocky Sites Sheltered Moist Sites Sites Sheltered Moist Initial Shelter (Nurse Initial Showy Flowers or Fruit Localized or Rare in this Threat Classification (if Fuchsia perscandens Climbing fuschia 222Fr L Libertia ixioides 22Fl Poa cita Silver Tussock 22 22 2 Uncinia leptostachya Hookgrass 22 2 Uncinia uncinata Hookgrass 2 VINES Brachyglottis sciadophila 222Fl Clematis afoliata Leafless clematis 22 2 2 Fl L Clematis foetida Clematis 22 2 Fl Clematis forsteri Clematis 2222 Fl Parsonsia capsularis Native jasmine 222 22 Fl Parsonsia heterophylla Native jasmine 2222 Fl Rubus cissoides Bush lawyer 22Fr Fl Rubus schmidelioides Bush lawyer 22 22 Fr Fl Rubus squarrosus Leafless lawyer 22 22 Fr Fl Fr Fruit National Threat Classification deLange et al 2009 Bold = Present Fl Flowers 1 Nationally critical H Honeydew 2 Nationally endangered Italics = Not recorded but likely to have been present N Nectar 3 Nationally vulnerable Lv Leaves & shoots 4 Declining Plants people are most likely to recognise and obtain for revegetation 5 Recovering (which are most likely to succeed in a drought prone sector) 6 Relict Last updated August, 2009 MEDWAYECOLOGICALDISTRICT Last updated August, 2009 SHRUBLAND/FOREST 8 Datadeficient 7 NaturallyUncommon Initial Shelter (Nurse Species) Wet Moist Dry Shade required to establish Shade intolerant Shrubland Forest Open Rocky Sites Sheltered Moist Sites Only Above 300m only Bird Food Showy Flowers or Fruit Threat Classification (if appropriate) Page 6 Localized or Rare in this Sector.
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