Northern Wairarapa
Mauriceville, Bideford, Mt Bruce, Mataikona River, Kopuaranga.
Environmental Factors: Higher rainfall year-round than elsewhere in the Wairarapa. Relatively low annual sunshine hours.
Past Landscape: Diverse habitats through hilly country. Heavy podocarp forest in higher rainfall areas. To the east, the vegetation was dominated by mixed forests of rimu, rata and matai.
Plants we recommend:
"Heritage" trees
Kahikatea, matai, miro, rimu, totara, red & silver beech, northern rata.
Trees
Big (b) >15m Medium (m) = 10-15m Small (s) = <10m
Fivefinger (m), forest cabbage tree (s), hinau (b), inanga (s), kamahi (b), manuka (m), mountain cabbage tree (m), narrow-leaved mahoe (s), maire: black, narrow-leaved, swamp & white (all b), northern rata (b), pukatea (b), rohutu (s), tawa (b), toro (s)
Shrubs
Glossy tree daisy, kawakawa, kanono, mountain alseuosmia, lancewood, tree daisy, bush snowberry, Raukaua anomalus, swamp coprosma, weeping mapou
Climbers (c) and scramblers (s)
NZ passionfruit (c), Fuchsia perscandens (c), white rata (c), scarlet rata (c), white clematis (c)
Ferns - including tree ferns (tf)
Climbing threadfern, crown fern, hanging spleenwort, gully fern, kiokio, Prince of Wales' feather, rough tree fern, sickle fern, single crepe fern, soft tree fern, black tree fern, wheki ponga (tf)
Grasses (g), sedges (s) and rushes (r)
Machaerina sinclairii (s), bush rice grass (g), speckled sedge (s), Carex buchananii (s), Carex secta (s), Carex virgata (s), wind grass (g), snow grass (g), red tussock (g), Glen Murray tussock (s)
Look for these symbols in the main list for more plants to plant in this zone: Ps, Fh, Fm, Ab, Af.
Did you know?
Many plants in the Olearia and Brachyglottis genera (such as rangiora) are tree daisies, woody members of the family Asteraceae. They have white, yellow or cream flowers and furry undersides to their leaves. The trunks of the trees have bark that peels away in long, thin strips. The glossy tree daisy is found in forest and shrubland, often near the treeline.