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Forest Floor
species uses tables
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Use this handy reference to work out what native plants to plant in New Zealand. Our advice is more suitable for Northland and Auckland and Coromandel regions rather than the whole country, however species can be substituted with one's own local species in the same genus, e.g. your local Coprosma, your local Carex. |
Plants grouped by type |
| plants good for birds | plants good for shelter | coastal plants | drought hardy plants |
| Alectryon excelsus | Aristotelia serrata | Alectryon excelsus | Alectryon excelsus |
| Carex secta | Coprosma robusta | Arthropodium cirratum | Araucaria bidwilli |
| Carex testacea | Cordyline australis | Carex secta | Araucaria heterophylla |
| Carex trifida | Dodonaea viscosa | Carex testacea | Arthropodium cirratum |
| Carpodetus serratus | Griselinia littoralis | Coprosma groundcover | Astelia chathamica |
| Coprosma groundcover | Hoheria populnea | Coprosma robusta | Carex dipsacea |
| Coprosma robusta | Knightia excelsa | Cordyline australis | Carex kermadecensis |
| Cordyline australis | Kunzea ericoides | Griselinia lucida | Carex secta |
| Dacrypcarpus dacrydioides | Leptospermum scoparium | Hoheria populnea | Carex testacea |
| Griselinia lucida | Melicytus ramiflorus | Knightia excelsa | Coprosma groundcover |
| Myrsine australis | Metrosideros excelsa | Kunzea ericoides | Coprosma robusta |
| Myrsine australis | Leptospermum scoparium | Cordyline australis |
| Phormium (special strain) | Myrsine australis | Leptospermum scoparium |
| Phormium cookianum | Phormium tenax | Metrosideros excelsa |
| Phormium tenax | Pittosporum crassifolium | Phormium cookianum | Cortaderia fulvida |
| Phormium tenax purpurea | Pittosporum eugenioides | Phormium tenax | Dianella nigra |
| Pittosporum crassifolium | Pittosporum tenuifolium | Pittosporum crassifolium | Dodonaea viscosa |
| Pittosporum eugenioides | Plagianthus betulinus | Pittosporum eugenioides | Festuca arenaria |
| Pittosporum tenuifolium | Plagianthus divaricatus | Plagianthus divaricatus | Griselinia littoralis |
| Plagianthus betulinus | Pseudopanax arboreum | Sophora microphylla | Griselinia lucida |
| Pseudopanax crassifolium | Hebe - small leaf |
| Rhopalostylis sapida | Hoheria populnea |
| Knightia excelsa |
| Kunzea ericoides |
| Lagunaria patersonia |
| Leptospermum scoparium |
| Libertia grandiflora |
| Libertia ixioides |
| Libertia peregrinans |
| Melicytus novaezelandiae |
| Melicytus ramiflorus |
| Metrosideros excelsa |
| Metrosideros tahiti |
| Myrsine australis |
| Phormium cookianum |
| Phormium tenax |
| Pittosporum crassifolium |
| Pittosporum eugenioides |
| Pittosporum tenuifolium |
| Plagianthus divaricatus |
| Pseudopanax arboreum |
| Sophora microphylla |
| Vitex lucens |
| medicinal plants | good container plants | plants that tolerate wet sites | plants good for a hedge |
| Alectryon excelsus | Alectryon excelsus | Carex secta | Carpodetus serratus |
| Laurelia novae-zelandiae | Araucaria heterophylla | Cordyline australis | Griselinia lucida |
| Leptospermum scoparium | Arthropodium cirratum | Dacrypcarpus dacrydioides | Hoheria populnea |
| Phormium cookianum | Carex secta | Laurelia novae-zelandiae | Laurelia novae-zelandiae |
| Phormium tenax | Carex testacea | Phormium tenax | Myrsine australis |
| Coprosma groundcover | Phormium tenax purpurea | Phormium cookianum |
| Cordyline australis | Rhopalostylis sapida | Phormium tenax |
| Griselinia lucida | Phormium tenax purpurea |
| Libertia grandiflora | Pittosporum crassifolium |
| Libertia ixioides | Pittosporum eugenioides |
| Metrosideros excelsa | Pittosporum tenuifolium |
| Metrosideros tahiti | Plagianthus betulinus |