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Forest Flora Plants available 2008 Planting Season 63 Hakarimata Road R.D.1 Ngaruawahia 021 345 232 07 8247167 [email protected] Prices subject to change without notice. www.forestflora.co.nz Updated: 26/03/2008 Prices do not include GST or Plants Listed by Latin Name - with description Freight Pot 10-49 50+ Species Size Locality 1-9 Price Price Price Tioki PB8 Ngaruawahia $10.00 $9.00 $8.00 Alectryon excelsus - Tall forest tree. Titoki PB8 Claudlands $10.00 $9.00 $8.00 Tolerates shade and requires some frost and wind protection. Titoki PB5 Claudlands $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 Titoki PB3 Karakariki $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Alseuosmia quercifolia - Delicate Toropapa PB3 Pukemokemoke $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 forest shrub. Fragrant flowers. Requires Moist, well drained, shady location. Toropapa PB3 Ngaruawahia $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Aristotelia serrata - Small quick Makomako/ Wine Berry PB3 Hakarimata Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 growing tree. Drought intolerant. Masses of Fruit in Autumn. Makomako/ Wine Berry PB3 Elgood Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Arthropodium cirratum - Coastal herb. Rengarenga PB3 Opotere $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Grows on cliffs. Prefers only light shade. Astelia grandis - Tall Flax like plant grows to 2m. Generally under tress and Swamp Astelia PB3 Hamilton $5.00 $4.00 $3.50 in wetlands. Baumea arthrophylla syn B.hutt PB3 Opuatia $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Baumea - A group of wetland plants with Baumea articulata PB3 Oheniwai $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 round steams and leaves. Grown in very Baumea rubiginosa PB3 Opuatia $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 wet places and even in water (Baumea articulata). Useful in rain gardens. Baumea tenax PB3 Opautia $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Baumea teritifolia PB3 Opuatia $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Beilschmiedia tarairi - Canopy tree. Grows in northern areas. Masses of Tarairi PB5 Pokeno $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Plum like fruit in the winter. Beilschmiedia tawa - Canopy tree. Very tolerant of shade. Masses of plum Tawa PB5 Claudlands $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 like fruit in late summer. Brachyglottis repanda - Grows on well drained banks. Tinny daisy like flowers in Rangiora PB3 Lake Waikare $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 the spring. Large leaves with white underside. Tolerates some shade. Carmichaelia australis - Native Broom. Broom PB3 Raglan (Ruapuke Rd) $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Tiny, insignificant leaves. Masses of pink flower in the spring. Broom PB3 Hamilton $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Carex dissita - Grass like member of the sedge family. Grows in damp shady Carex dissita PB3 Ngaruawahia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 places. 300mm high. Carex geminata - Long Grass like leaves. Creeping rhizomes. Spreads Carex geminata PB3 Hakarimata Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 over damp sunny areas. Carex lambertiana - Grows to 400mm high. Prefers some shade. Grows on Carex Lambertiana PB3 Pukemokemoke $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 moist well drained soil. Purei PB3 Karakariki $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Carex secta - Grows in swampy places and even open water. Will grow to 2 Purei PB3 Tamahere $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 metres high. Drooping habit. Purei PB3 Opuatia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Carex virgata - Grows in swampy places and even open water. Will grow Purei PB3 Karakariki $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 to 1m. More erect habit. Carpodetus serratus - Small tree. Very intolerant of drought. Attractive foliage Putaputaweta PB3 Karakariki $5.00 $4.00 $3.50 and white flowers in the spring. Provides fruit for birds through winter. Clematis paniculata - Climber. Masses Clematis paniculata PB3 Whatawhata $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 of white flowers in the spring. Requires cool root run. Clematis paniculata PB3 Raglan $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Coprosma areolata - Small leaf shrub. Coprosma areolata PB3 Matangi $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Grows to about 4m. Grows on moist hill Coprosma areolata PB3 Pukemokemoke $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 sides. Coprosma areolata PB3 Simpsons beach $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Coprosma grandifolia - Grows in damp Kanono PB3 Ngaruawahia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 shady places. Masses of bright orange berries provide bird food in autumn. Kanono PB3 Te Hoe $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Coprosma lucida - Small tree up to 6m high. Grows in damp, well drained, shady Shining karamu PB3 Ngaruawahia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 places. Bright orange fruit in autumn. Coprosma macrocarpa - Similar to C. lucida . Found on the Coromandel Coprosma macrocarpa PB5 Colleville Coast $9.00 $8.00 $7.00 Peninsula. Coprosma propinqua - Wetland shrub. Tolerates water logged infertile soil. Blue Mingimingi PB3 Churchill Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 coloured berries (drupe). Coprosma propinqua x - Crossed with C. Robusta. Naturally occurring. Small glossy dark green leaves. Tolerates Coprosma propinqua x PB3 Lake Hakanoa $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 water logged infertile soil. Grows quickly and is frost tolerant. Coprosma rhamnoides - Small Coprosma rhamnoides PB3 Pukemokemoke $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 divaricate shrub up to 2m. Grows on well Coprosma rhamnoides PB3 Raglan Harbour $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 drained hill sides. Tiny ruby like fruit in the autumn. Coprosma rhamnoides PB3 Simpsons beach $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Coprosma rigida - Small leaf divaricate shrub. Grows to 4m. Found in boggy low Coprosma rigida PB3 Karakariki $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 land forest and swamp margins. Karamu PB3 Hakarimata Rd $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Coprosma robusta - Very quick growing shrub to 4m. Glossy dark green Karamu PB3 Churchill Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 leaves. Clusters of bright orange fruit in Karamu PB3 Te Purora Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 the autumn. Karamu PB3 Te Pahu $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Coprosma rotundifolia - Small leaf divaricate shrub. Grows to 4m. Found in Coprosma rotundifolia PB3 Karakariki $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 boggy low land forest and swamp margins. Often found with C. rigida. Coprosma spathulata - Small Coprosma spathulata PB3 Ngaruawahia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 divaricate shrub. Grows on hill sides and leached ridges. Does not tolerate hot sun. Often found with C. rhamnoides Coprosma spathulata PB3 Pukemokemoke $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Coprosma tenuicaulis - Wetland Swamp Coprosma PB3 Rotokauri $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 shrub. Tolerates water logged infertile soil. Red/ black coloured berries (drupe). Found with C. Propinqua. Swamp Coprosma PB3 Opuatia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Cabbage Tree/ Ti kouka PB8 Hakarimata Rd $9.00 $8.00 $7.00 Cordyline australis - Strap like leaves with trunk up to 7m. Requires full sun. Cabbage Tree/ Ti kouka PB3 Hakarimata Rd $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Tolerates wet, infertile soil. Cabbage Tree/ Ti kouka PB3 Opuatia $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Cordyline banksii - Tolerates shade, prefers well drained soil. Particularly Bush Cabbage Tree/ Ti nahere PB3 Raglan $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 found on river banks and forest margins. Toe toe PB3 Te Purora Road $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Cortaderia fulvida - Very tall grass, up to 2m. Drooping white flower heads around new year. Tolerates poor soil, Toe toe PB3 Te Pahu $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 both wet and dry. Found in wetlands, river margins, coastal and river cliffs. Toe toe PB3 Whitianga $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Cyathea dealbata - Grows in a wide Ponga PB8 Hakarimata Road $12.00 $11.00 $10.00 range of soil types but requires some protection from wind and drought. Ponga PB3 Hakarimata Road $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Cyathea medullaris - Very tall, quick Mamaku PB8 Hakarimata Road $12.00 $11.00 $10.00 growing tree fern. Prefers moist soil. Cyperus ustulatus - Strap like leaves. Upoko-tangata PB3 Orini $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Up to one metre high. Tolerates very wet conditions and flooding. Found in wet boggy places. Upoko-tangata PB3 Taupiri $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Kahikatea PB5 Jubilee Park $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 Dacrycarpus dacrydioides - Very tall forest tree. Quick growing. Prefers full Kahikatea PB5 Te Hoe $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 sun. Tolerates boggy soil but grows well Kahikatea PB3 Karakariki $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 on hill sides as well. Tolerates flooding, Kahikatea PB3 Hamilton $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 it doesn't cope well with drought. Kahikatea PB3 Kaniwhaniwha $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 Dianella nigra - Flax like leaves, up to Turutu/ New Zealand Blueberry. PB3 Puketaha $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 500mm high. Impressive indigo berries summer and autumn. Tolerates poor soil. Found particularly on clay banks and peat wetlands. Turutu/ New Zealand Blueberry. PB3 Hakarimata Rd $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 Dicksonia squarrosa - Hardy quick growing, small tree fern. Tolerates Wheki PB3 Hakarimata Road $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 infertile soil and exposure to wind. Doodia australis - Hardy ground fern. Tolerates drought, sun and a wide range PB3 Hakarimata Road $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 of soil conditions. Dysoxylum spectabile - Modest forest tree up to about 10m. Attractive large Kohekohe PB18 Hakarimata $30.00 $25.00 $18.00 glossy leaves. Large fleshy fruit in winter. Tolerates shade really well, does not Kohekohe PB8 Te Pahu $10.00 $9.00 $8.00 tolerate frost. Elaeocarpus dentatus - Forest tree. Impressive clusters of white flowers in Hinau PB5 Te Pahu $7.00 $6.00 $5.00 spring. Olive like fruit in autumn. Grows on hill sides. Close relative of Pokaka. Elaeocarpus hookerianus - Forest tree. Often found with Kahikatea and Matai. Grows in level ground, sometimes Pokaka PB3 Karamu Bush $4.50 $3.75 $3.00 boggy soil, sometimes river flats.
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    Copyright is owned by the Author of the thesis. Permission is given for a copy to be downloaded by an individual for the purpose of research and private study only. The thesis may not be reproduced elsewhere without the permission of the Author. Breeding systems and reproduction of indigenous shrubs in fragmented ecosystems A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy III Plant Ecology at Massey University by Merilyn F Merrett .. � ... : -- �. � Massey University Palrnerston North, New Zealand 2006 Abstract Sixteen native shrub species with various breeding systems and pollination syndromes were investigated in geographically separated populations to determine breeding systems, reproductive success, population structure, and habitat characteristics. Of the sixteen species, seven are hermaphroditic, seven dioecious, and two gynodioecious. Two of the dioecious species are cryptically dioecious, producing what appear to be perfect, hermaphroditic flowers,but that functionas either male or female. One of the study species, Raukauaanomalus, was thought to be dioecious, but proved to be hermaphroditic. Teucridium parvifolium, was thought to be hermaphroditic, but some populations are gynodioecious. There was variation in self-compatibility among the fo ur AIseuosmia species; two are self-compatible and two are self-incompatible. Self­ incompatibility was consistent amongst individuals only in A. quercifolia at both study sites, whereas individuals in A. macrophylia ranged from highly self-incompatible to self-compatible amongst fo ur study sites. The remainder of the hermaphroditic study species are self-compatible. Five of the species appear to have dual pollination syndromes, e.g., bird-moth, wind-insect, wind-animal. High levels of pollen limitation were identified in three species at fo ur of the 34 study sites.
  • MANA ISLAND, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND Summary: Mana Island (217 Ha) Provides Opportunities for Conservation Despite Over 150 Years of Farming

    MANA ISLAND, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND Summary: Mana Island (217 Ha) Provides Opportunities for Conservation Despite Over 150 Years of Farming

    SUSAN M. TIMMINS1, IAN A.E. ATKINSON2 and COLIN C. OGLE1 57 1 Science and Research Directorate, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 10-420, Wellington, New Zealand 2 Botany Division, DSIR, Private Bag, Lower Hutt, New Zealand CONSERVATION OPPORTUNITIES ON A HIGHLY MODIFIED ISLAND: MANA ISLAND, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND Summary: Mana Island (217 ha) provides opportunities for conservation despite over 150 years of farming. It is free from all introduced mammals except mice. It supports native coastal communities representative of the region and already has nationally threatened plants and animals. To take best advantage of these opportunities, it is suggested that: the present native plants, animals and communities are protected; part of the island is revegetated; selected species of threatened native plants and animals are introduced; and the island and its natural and human history are used for education, interpretation and recreational enjoyment. Attention is drawn to some unanswered questions and potential conflicts associated with these management proposals. Keywords: Mana Island; revegetation; threatened species conservation; reserve management; mammal-free island. Introduction Mana, a 217 ha island near Wellington, has been farmed for over 150 years and, although highly modified, has no introduced mammals except mice (Mus musculus). Reflecting a groundswell of opinion that Mana has considerable biological value and untapped conservation potential, numerous land use studies have been conducted over the last 15 years (for example, Department of Lands and Survey, 1980, 1981). A radical change in the management regime began in 1986 after farming ceased and the current management plan was adopted (Department of Lands and Survey, 1986).