13. Appendix
PLANT SPECIES PREFFERED LOCATION
SOILS ENVIRONMENTS AVOIDED LOCATIONS GENERAL COMMENTS
Coprosma robusta Wet, dry soils and beach
gravels Planted in all locations Good first stage col-oniser, produces lots of fruits, vunerable to frost and hare damage, prefers open space
Coprosma propinqua Wet, dry soils and beach
gravels Planted in all locations Hardy first stage col-oniser, prefers open space
Coprosma grandifolia Wet, dry soils and beach
gravels Avoided exposed loca-tions Ideal in shaded, shel-tered areas amongst previous plantings or under formed canopy
Coprosma lucida Prefers dry soils and
beach gravels Avoided wet soils and exposed locations Slow growing and vunerable to hare and frost damage
Melictyus ramiflorus Prefers dry soils and
beach gravels Avoided wet soils and exposed locations Ideal in shaded shel-tered locations amongst previous established colonisers, vunerable to frost and wind damage
Aristotelia serrata Prefers dry well drained
soils Avoided wet soils and exposed areas especial- ly coastal areas subject to salt spray
Can be used as initial coloniser but can be vunerable to frost and wind damage, fast growth and provides good initial canopy closure if planted with other colonisers
Phornium tenax Wet, dry soils and beach
gravels Can be planted any-where open, great in wet areas, avoided shaded areas, handles exposure and salt spray
Great to plant anywhere but if other species are planted in same area will be shaded out even- tually but can provide initial shelter
Cordyline australis Wet, dry soils and beach
gravels Avoided shaded areas as needs plenty of light Vunerable to hare dam-age, can handle grass competition
Pittosporum eugeniodes Prefers dry well drained
soils and beach gravels Avoided wet soils and exposure to salt and wind
Good second stage colo- niser once abit of shelter established, vunerable to wind, frost and hare damage, fast growing and provides excellent initial canopy closure
Pittosporum tenuifolium
colensoi Prefers dry well drained soils and beach gravels Avoided wet soils Handles wind expo-sure, vunerable to hare damage
Myrsine australis Prefers dry well drained
soils and beach gravels Avoided wet soils Does well on sheltered shadey areas, slow growing
Carpoderus serratus Prefers dry and semi
damp soils Exposed locations Grows well in shaded sheltered areas, not many planted on PCRP site
Schefflera digitata Prefers dry and semi
damp soils Exposed locations Grows well in shaded sheltered areas, dosent handle direct sunlight frost or exposed loca- tions, suitable for under canopy plantings
Fuchsia excorticata Prefers dry and semi
damp soils Exposed locations and coastal areas Grows well in shaded sheltered areas, handles frost but survival rates not high in general
Fuchsia procumbens Dry soils and beach
gravels Exposed locations and wet soils Unsuitable for general restoration planting, ground cover that can only handle planting under canopy
Psuedopanax crassifo-
lius Prefers dry soils and beach gravels Wet soils and exposed areas Slow growing, prone to hare damage and frost, more suited to planting under canopy or in shel- tered shaded areas
Hebe salicifolia Prefers dry soils but can
tolerate wet soils Beach gravels and salt exposure Hard and fast growing, provides good mix with other first stage colo- nisers
Weinmannia racemosa Prefers dry and semi
damp soils Exposed locations and salt exposure, wet soils Can handle semi exposed locations but grows best in shaded, sheltered areas or under established canopy of initial colonisers
Podocarpus totara Prefers dry soils and
beach gravels Exposed locations, salt exposure and wet soils Prefers shaded, shel-tered locations amongst initial first stage colo- nisers or under estab- lished canopy of initial colonisers, can handle exposed locations but growth rate is consider- ably slower
Dacrycarpus dacrydiodes Wet, dry soils and beach
gravels Avoided open exposed areas Prefers shaded shel-tered areas amongst initial colonisers or under canopy of initial colonisers, can handle exposed locations but growth rate is consider- ably slower
Olearia avicenniaefolia Prefers dry soils and
beach gravels Wet soils Can handle open areas but provides a good mix with established colonisers, vunerable to frosts
Austroderia richardii Wet, dry soils and beach
gravels Can be planted any-where in the open, avoided shaded areas
Great to plant anywhere but if planted amongst other species will even- tually be shaded out, provides good initial shelter, vunerable to hare damage
Macropiper excelsum Prefers dry soils and
beach gravels Avoided exposed loca-tions and wet soils Unsuitable in any ex-posed locations, ideal in full sheltered, shaded areas and under cano- py of initial colonisers, prone to frost and hare damage
Sophora microphylla Wet, dry soils and beach
gravels Can be planted in most areas except full expo- sure to salt spray
Grows better amongst initial established col- onisers, can be shaded out easily, very prone to hare damage and frosts
Hoheria sexstylosa Prefers dry soils Wet soils and beach
gravels Can handle open areas but provides a good mix amongst initial colonisers, prone to hare damage
Myrsine salicina Prefers dry and wet soils Avoided beach gravels Best planted amongst
established colonisers with shelter, slow growing and prone frost damage
Dodonaea viscosa Prefers dry soils and
beach gravels Avoided wet soils and fully exposed areas with salt spray
Only planted in coastal strip with shelter from coastal forrest remnant as only naturally occurs in this area. Prone to frost damage but pro- vides great canopy clo- sure when established
Hedycarya arborea Prefers dry soils Avoided exposed areas
and beach gravels Unsuitable in any exposed area, does well under established canopy
Griselina lucida Prefers no soil initially
but will eventually put roots into the ground (hemiepiphyte)
Avoided planting direct- ly into the ground and exposed locations
Unsuitable planted directly in the ground, does well planted in branch forks of mature trees or fence posts, starts life as a epiphyte and can handle expo- sure once established terrestrially
Carex secta Wet, dry soils and beach
gravels Avoided shaded areas Best planted in open wetland areas, hardy and fast growing
Cyperus ustulatus Wet, dry soils and beach
gravels Avoided shaded areas Best planted in open wetland areas, hard and fast growing
Astelia grandis Wet, dry and beach
gravels Avoided exposed open locations Best planted under established canopy and prefers shaded, shel- tered areas
Rhopalostylis sapida Wet, dry and beach
gravels Avoided exposed open locations Best planted under established canopy and prefers shaded shel- tered areas
Metrosideros robusta Prefers dry soils if
planted terrestrially, can also be planted as an hemiepiphyte as will eventually put roots down into the ground
Avoided exposed open locations, will handle ex- posure once established
Best planted under established canopy and prefers shaded, shel- tered areas
Prumnopitys ferruginea Prefers dry soils Avoided wet soils and
beach gravels Best planted under established canopy and prefers shaded, shel- tered areas