Published by: Department of Conservation Mahaanui/Sockburn Office PO Box 11089, Sockburn 8443 Christchurch, New Zealand June 2015 Editing and design: Publishing Team, DOC National Office Native plants natural to coastal areas Grown from seed collected from coastal areas of Banks Peninsula, Christchurch and the Lyttelton basin For more information Motukarara Conservation Nursery Waihora Domain, Motukarara, RD 2, Christchurch 7672 phone: 03 329 7846, fax: 03 329 7041 [email protected]or www.doc.govt.nz/conservationnursery Cover: Pīngao
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Published by: Department of Conservation Mahaanui/Sockburn OfficePO Box 11089, Sockburn 8443Christchurch, New Zealand June 2015
Editing and design: Publishing Team, DOC National Office
Native plants natural to coastal areas
Grown from seed collected from coastal areas of
Banks Peninsula, Christchurch
and the Lyttelton basin
For more informationMotukarara Conservation NurseryWaihora Domain, Motukarara, RD 2, Christchurch 7672phone: 03 329 7846, fax: 03 329 [email protected] or www.doc.govt.nz/conservationnurseryCover: Pīngao
Very little of our original native coastal vegetation has survived. Farming and urban settlement have destroyed the coastal natural communities, and exotic species such as marram grass, lupins and pine trees have replaced the natural vegetation of pīngao, flax and ngaio.
The native species once colonised dry and unstable soils and sand dunes, where they provided shelter against strong, salt-laden winds, and habitat for the native wildlife.
Swampy hollowsApodasmia similis, oioi, jointed wire rush Bolboschoenus caldwellii, purua, sedgeFicinia nodosaIsolepis basilaris (R/T), turf club rushJuncus maritimus, sea rushPlagianthus divaricatus, marsh ribbonwoodSchoenoplectus pungens, three-squareSelliera radicans, remuremu, a mat plant
The back dune provides shelter and stability away from the shore allowing a variety of taller shrubs and robust herbs to form a dense, scrubby community.
BACK DUNE
Small herbs, sedges and flax/harakeke huddle in damp and relatively sheltered dune hollows.
DUNE HOLLOW
Hardy native sand-binding plants colonise and stabilise dry sand dunes and tolerate the salt-laden wind and spray.
FORE DUNE
On stable sites broad-leaved forest may eventually establish.