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Alluvial Lowlands

Alluvial lowlands are less exposed  to wind and salt spray, experience light frosts in winter.  They have flat poorly drained rich, fine silt soil.  The predominant forest type is kahikatea/puriri. Karamu, tutu,  manuka and ti kouka, predominate in early succession with kanuka, mahoe and rewarewa predominant mid succession.

• Coriaria arborea tutu
• Cordyline australis ti kouka / cabbage tree
• Melicytus ramiflorus mahoe
• Myrsine australis mapou
• Kunzea ericoidies kanuka
• Knightia excelsa rewarewa
• Dicksonia squarrosa wheki
• Vitex lucens puriri
• Dacrycarpus dacrydiodies kahikatea
• Podocarpus totara
• Podocarpus halli
• Cyathea dealbata
• Corynocarpus laevigatus karaka
• Macropiper excelsum kawakawa
• Hedecarya arborea porokaiwhiri pigeonwood
• Dysoxylum spectabile kohekohe
• Coprosma areolata
• Freycinetia baueriana kiekie
• Rhopalostylis sapida nikau
• Coprosma grandifolia kanono
• Parsonsia heterophylla