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The Environment

Streamside planting guide

Plant list

This is the complete list of species referred to in the streamside planting guide. For details on which species are appropriate for each part of a stream or river bank, choose the type of waterway from the profiles diagrams, then choose the zone.

Key	Common name	Species	Condition
1	bog rush	Schoenus pauciflorus	Plant in permanently wet soil, in the open.
2	harakeke, NZ flax	Phormium tenax	Plant in wet to moist soil, in the open.
3	hounds tongue fern	Phymatosorus pustulatus	Plant in moist soil, in shade.
4	kakaha, bush lily	Astelia fragrans	Plant in moist soil, in semi-shade.
5	kapungawha, lake club rush	Schoenoplectus validus	Plant in semi-aquatic conditions in the open.
6	kiokio	Blechnum minus, Blechnum chambersii, Blechnum fluviatile	B. minus - plant in wet soil, in semi-shade. B. chambersii and B. fluviatile - plant in moist soil, in shade.
7	mata, water-fern	Histiopteris incisa	Plant in moist soil, in shade.
8	NZ iris, mikoikoi	Libertia ixioides	Plant in moist to dry or free draining soil, in shade.
9	pikopiko	Polystichum richardii	Plant in moist to well drained soil, in shade.
10	pukio, tussock sedge, makura	Carex secta, Carex virgata, Carex maorica	Plant in wet soil, in the open.
11	puniu, prickly shield fern	Polystichum vestitum	Plant in moist soil, in shade.
12	rough pigfern	Hypolepis ambigua	Plant in moist soil, in shade.
13	spike-sedge	Eleocharis acuta	Plant in semi-aquatic conditions, in the open.
14	toetoe grass, toitoi	Cortaderia richardii	Plant in moist soil, in the open.
15	tussock rush	Juncus edgariae	Plant in moist to wet soil, in the open.
16	umbrella sedge, upoko-tangata	Cyperus ustulatus	Plant in moist to dry soil, in the open.
17	wind grass, bamboo grass	Anemanthele lessoniana	Plant in moist soil, in shade or in the open.
18	akeake	Dodonaea viscosa	Plant in dry soil, in semi-shade or open, but free of frost (sloping well-drained sites).
19	cabbage tree, ti kouka	Cordyline australis	Plant anywhere except in dense shade.
20	five finger, whauwhaupaku	Pseudopanax arboreus, Pseudopanax anomalus	Plant in free draining deep soil, in semi-shade.
21	golden akeake, akiraho	Olearia paniculata	Plant in dry soil, in the open.
22	hinau	Elaeocarpus dentatus	Plant in moist soil, in semi-shade.
23	horopito, peppertree	Pseudowintera colorata	Plant in moist to seasonally wet soil, in shade.
24	houhere, houi, narrow-leaved lacebark	Hoheria angustifolia	Plant in moist to dry soil, in the open.
25	kahikatea, white pine	Dacrycarpus dacrydioides	Plant in moist to seasonally wet soil, in semi-shade.
26	kaikomako	Pennantia corymbosa	Plant in moist to seasonally wet soil, in semi-shade.
27	kanuka	Kunzea ericoides	Plant in free draining soil, in the open.
28	kapuka, broadleaf	Griselinia littoralis	Plant in moist soil, in the open or in shade.
29	karamu (shining)	Coprosma lucida	Plant in free draining soil, in open or semi-shade.
30	karamu	Coprosma robusta	Plant in wet or dry soil, in the open or in shade.
31	kohuhu, black matipo, tawhari	Pittosporum tenuifolium	Plant in wet or dry soil, in the open or in shade.
32	koromiko	Hebe salicifolia	Plant in moist soil, in the open.
33	kotukutuku, tree fuchsia	Fuchsia excorticata	Plant in moist or free draining soil, in semi-shade (requires protection from frost).
34	lancewood, horoeka	Pseudopanax crassifolius	Plant in moist or free draining soil, in open to semi-shade.
35	mahoe	Melicytus ramiflorus	Plant in moist or free draining soil, in shade to semi-shade (requires protection from frost).
36	makomako, wineberry	Aristotelia serrata	Plant in moist or free draining soil, in semi-shade (requires protection from frost).
37	manatu, lowland ribbonwood	Plagianthus regius	Plant in moist to seasonally wet soil, in the open.
38	manuka, tea tree	Leptospermum scoparium	Plant in dry to wet soil, in the open.
39	mapou	Myrsine australis	Plant in moist to free draining soil, in semi-shade. (requires protection from frost).
40	matai, black pine	Prumnopitys taxifolia	Plant in moist soil, in semi-shade.
41	mikimiki	Coprosma propinqua	Plant in wet or dry soil, in the open.
42	mikimiki	Coprosma aff. parviflora (sp.t)	Plant in wet or dry soil, in the open.
43	mikimiki	Coprosma rubra, Coprosma areolata	Plant in moist soil, in semi-shade.
44	mikimiki, round-leaved coprosma	Coprosma rotundifolia	Plant in moist soil, in semi-shade.
45	mikimiki	Coprosma virescens, Coprosma crassifolia	Plant in moist to dry soil, in the open.
46	pigeonwood	Hedycarya arborea	Plant in moist soil, in the shade (requires protection from frost).
47	poataniwha	Melicope simplex	Plant in moist soil, in semi-shade.
48	pokaka	Elaeocarpus hookerianus	Plant in moist or seasonally wet soil, in the open or in semi-shade.
49	putaputaweta, marbleleaf	Carpodetus serratus	Plant in moist free draining soil, in semi-shade.
50	rohutu, NZ myrtle	Lophomyrtus obcordata	Plant in moist to free draining soil, in the open or in semi-shade.
51	silver fern	Cyathea dealbata	Plant in moist soil, in shade (requires protection from frost).
52	South Island kowhai	Sophora microphylla	Plant in free draining soil, in the open.
53	titoki	Alectryon excelsum	Plant in moist or free draining soil, in shade (requires protection from frost).
54	totara	Podocarpus totara	Plant in moist or free draining soil, in semi-shade.
55	turepo, milk tree	Streblus heterophyllus	Plant in moist to seasonally wet soil, in semi-shade (requires protection from frost).
56	weeping mapou	Myrsine divaricata	Plant in moist to seasonally wet soil, in the open.
57	wheki, hard treefern	Dicksonia squarrosa	Plant in moist soil, in shade (requires protection from frost).
58	yellow wood	Coprosma linariifolia	Plant in moist free draining soil, in semi-shade.

Streamside planting guide

Introduction

Steps

River profiles

Planting zones

Plant list

References

Silver fern.

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