PLANTS TO ATTRACT BIRDS NZ NATIVES Tender Months of Months of Tui/ Height Kereru when Natural distribution NZ NATIVES flowering fruiting Bellbird young Alectryon excelsus Titoki 10 m Oct-Dec Jan-Apr * Tender Lowland forest and coastal Aristotelia serrata Wineberry 10 m Sep-Dec Jan-Mar * * Tender Forests and forest margins Beilschmiedia tarairi Taraire 18 m Sep & Dec Mar-May * Tender Not endemic to Wairarapa Beilschmiedia tawa Tawa 25 m Sep-Feb Feb-Apr * Forest Cordyline australis Cabbage tree 15 m Oct-Dec Jan-Apr * * Forest margins, clearings and swamps Corynocarpus laevigatus Karaka 15 m Aug-Nov Dec-Mar * Tender Coastal Dacrycarpus dacrydioides Kahikatea 40 m Sep-Nov Mar-May * * Lowland forest, moist sites and swamps Elaeocarpus dentatus Hinau 15 m Oct-Feb Nov-Mar * Tender Lowland forest Fuchsia excorticata Tree fuchsia 12 m Oct-Jan Jan-Apr * * Tender Forest margins and streamsides Hedycarya arborea Pigeonwood 12 m Sep-Nov Dec-Apr * Tender Lowland forest; prefers wet climate Hoheria angustifolia Hungere, 10 m Dec-Mar Apr-Jul * Forest margins narrow-leaved lacebark Tender Months of Months of Tui/ Height Kereru when Natural distribution NZ NATIVES flowering fruiting Bellbird young Hoheria sexstylosa Houhere, 6 m Jan-Mar Apr-Jul * Forests and forest margins long-leaved lacebark Knightia excelsa Rewarewa 30 m Oct-Dec Feb-May * Tender Lowland forest Melicytus ramiflorus Mahoe 7 m Nov-Feb Jan-May * * Tender Clearings and forest margins Metrosideros excelsa Pohutukawa 20 m Dec-Jan Apr-May * Tender Coastal, Not endemic to Wairarapa Metrosideros robusta Northern Rata 25 m Nov-Jan Mar-May * Forest Nestegis cunninghamii Black maire 20 m Tender Once common, now only in isolated areas in N. Island Pennantia corymbosa Kaikomako 10 m Nov-Feb Feb-May * * Lowland forest Phormium cookianum Coastal/ 1.5 m Nov-Jan Feb-Mar * * Coastal mountain flax Phormium tenax Swamp flax 5 m Nov-Dec Feb-May * * Bogs and swamps Prumnopitys ferruginea Miro 20 m Sep-Nov Mar-May * Forest, moist sites Prumnopitys taxifolia Matai 25 m Sep-Nov Mar-May * * Lowland forest Pseudopanax arboreus Five-finger 8 m Jul-Oct Apr-Jul * * Forests and open scrub Sophora microphylla Kowhai 10 m Jul-Oct Jan-May * * River banks and forest margins, and open places Sophora tetraptera North island 12 m Jul-Oct Jan-May * * Lowland open forest, forest margins kowhai Vitex luscens Puriri 10 m Dec-Nov Dec-Feb * * Tender Not endemic to Wairarapa OTHER NZ NATIVES Tender Months of Months of Tui/ Height Kereru when Natural distribution OTHER NZ NATIVES flowering fruiting Bellbird young Astelia fragrans Bush astelia 1 m Oct-Nov Dec-May * Streamsides, damp and shady places Carpodetus serratus Putaputaweta 5 m Nov-Mar Jan-May * * Forest margins and stream banks Coprosma grandifolia Kanono 6 m Sep-Nov Mar-May * Tender Forest and scrubland Coprosma propinqua Mingimingi 2 m Sep-Nov Mar-May Swampy forests Coprosma repens Taupata 6 m Sep-Nov Mar-May * * Tender Coastal Coprosma robusta Karamu 6 m Sep-Nov Feb-Mar * * Forest and scrubland, forest margins and hillsides Coprosma virescens Divaricating 3 m Sep-Nov Mar-May Lowland forest, forest margins coprosma Corokia cotoneaster Korokio 3 m Sep-Dec Jan-May * Lowland forest, scrub Griselina littoralis Papauma/ 10 m Sep-Dec Mar-May * * Forest broadleaf Kunzea ericoides Kanuka 15 m Oct-Feb Mar-May * Forest and scrub Leptospermum scoparum Manuka 5 m Sep-Feb Dec-Nov * * Coastal to alpine forest Macropiper excelsum Kawakawa 3 m Sep-Oct Jan-Apr * Tender Forest; shaded gullies Myrsine australis Mapou 5 m Dec-Jan Feb-May * Forest margins and scrubland Pittosporum eugenoides Lemonwood 10 m Oct-Dec Jan-Oct * * Forest clearings, forest margins and stream banks Tender Months of Months of Tui/ Height Kereru when Natural distribution OTHER NZ NATIVES flowering fruiting Bellbird young Pittosporum Ralphii Karo 4 m Sep-Dec Jan-Jul * * Forests, streamsides and forest margins Pittosporum tenuifolium Kohuhu 6 m Oct-Feb Mar-Jul * * Forest, forest margins Plagianthus regius Ribbonwood 9 m Oct-Jan Dec-Feb * Lowland forest Podocarpus totara Totara 20 m Sep-Nov Apr-May * * Lowland forest Pseudopanax crassifolius Lancewood 15 m Jan-Apr Jun-Dec * * Forest and scrubland.