CANTERBURY Further information: Wetland and Motukarara Conservation Nursery Waihora Domain, Motukarara, river/stream RD 2, Christchurch 7672 PHONE: 03 329 7846 margin native EMAIL: [email protected] www.doc.govt.nz/ plants conservationnursery www.doc.govt.nz Grown from seed collected from Motukarara and Christchurch native vegetation remnants Cover photo: Ōtukaikino Wetland Published by: Department of Conservation Mahaanui/Sockburn Office PO Box 11089, Sockburn 8443 Christchurch, New Zealand Editing and design: DOC Creative Services Conservation House Wellington May 2021 This publication is produced using paper sourced from well-managed, renewable and legally logged forests. R194826 The Christchurch natural vegetation pattern in pre-human M = moist soils Cyperus ustulatus, toetoewhatu, giant umbrella sedge (M/S) times was diverse. Between the floodplains of the northern S = swamp/boggy areas Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, kahikatea, white pine (M) rivers, the estuary and coastal dunes in the east and the loess- WE = water's edge Elaeocarpus hookerianus, pōkākā (M) capped basalt of the Port Hills to the south, there was a huge SM = salt marsh Eleocharis acuta, sharp spike sedge (M/S/WE) mosaic of open swampland, swamp forest, woodland and FD = Free draining areas Hebe salicifolia, koromiko (M) tussock grassland. Juncus caespiticius, wī, grass-leaved rush (S) Apodasmia similis, oioi, jointed wire rush (S) Riccarton Bush is a fine example of the tall podocarp/ Juncus edgariae, wī, leafless rush(M/S) Austroderia richardii, toetoe (M) hardwood forest that once thrived on the poorly drained Juncus pallidus, wī, giant rush, leafless rush(S/WE) Baumea rubiginosa, New Zealand sedge (S) alluvial sediments of the Waimakariri River and its tributaries. Juncus planifolius, wī (S/WE) Bolboschoenus caldwellii, purua, sedge (M/S) Juncus sarophorus, wī (S/WE) The species represented in the display garden are a sample Bulbinella angustifolia, Māori onion (FD) Leptospermum scoparium, mānuka, tea tree (M) of the Christchurch and Motukarara wetlands, and river- and Carex buchananii, matirewa, cutty grass (S/WE) stream-margin plants. Other plant species appropriate to Lophomyrtus obcordata, rōhutu, New Zealand myrtle (M) Carex flagellifera, mānia, tussock grass (FD) Christchurch can be found in our Coastal, Banks Peninsula Mazus novae-zelandiae subsp. impolitus mazus (M/S) Carex flaviformis, pūrei, yellow sedge (S/WE) and Canterbury Plains gardens. Microlaena avenacea Carex geminata, rautahi, cutty grass (S/WE) Phormium tenax, harakeke, New Zealand flax(M/S) Consult the Motukarara Nursery catalogue or other Carex maorica (S) Pittosporum tenuifolium, kōhūhu (M) recommended literature for the height and spread of species, Carex secta, pūkio (S/WE) Schoenoplectus pungens, three square (M/S) environmental preferences and tolerances. Carex solandri (M/S/WE) Schoenoplectus validus, lake clubrush (S/WE) For the selection of the native plants natural to different areas Carex virgata, swamp sedge (S) Schoenus pauciflorus(S) of Christchurch, see the Ecosystem Maps of Christchurch Coprosma propinqua, mingimingi (M/S) Zotovia avenacea, pātītī, bush rice grass (M) published by Christchurch Otautahi Agenda 21 Committee Coprosma robusta, karamū (M/S) or the Streamside Planting Guide, published by the Water Cordyline australis, tī kōuka, cabbage tree (M) Services Unit of the Christchurch City Council. Moist soils Swampy/boggy areas Water's edge .