Canterbury coastal dunes and swampy hollows
Mid and Fore Dunes, and Swampy Hollows
Source: Native plants natural to coastal areas : DOC, Native Plant Communities of the Canterbury Plains (DOC), iNaturalist and Dunes Restoration Trust of New Zealand
See more detailed plant listing for Coastal Dunes
| Trees/Shrubs/Creepers/Climbers | Grasses/Flaxes |
| Acaena novae-zelandiae | Apodasmia similis, oioi, jointed wire rush |
| Carmichaelia appressa (R), maukoro, common native broom | Austroderia richardii |
| Carmichaelia australis | Austrofestuca littoralis (R/T), sand tussock |
| Calystegia soldanella, wihiwihi, sand convululus | Bolboschoenus caldwellii, purua, sedge |
| Clematis afoliata, pöhue, leafless clematis | Carex litorosa |
| Coprosma acerosa, sand coprosma | Carex pumila. sand sedge |
| Coprosma crassifolia | Carex testacea |
| Coprosma propinqua | Carex trifida, tataki |
| Coprosma repens | Cyperus ustulatus |
| Coprosma robusta | Desmoschoenus spiralis, pïngao, golden sand sedge |
| Cordyline australis | Festuca novae-zelandiae, fescue tussock |
| Corokia contoneaster | Juncus edgariae |
| Cotula coronopifolia | Isolepis basilaris (R/T), turf club rush |
| Craspedia 'Kaitorete’ (R/T) | Isolepis nodosa |
| Discaria toumatou | Phormium cookianum, wharariki, mountain flax |
| Disphyma australe, horokaka, Maori ice plant | Phormium tenax |
| Dodonaea viscosa | Poa cita, silver tussock |
| Euphorbia glauca (R/T), waiuatua | Schoenoplectus pungens, three-square |
| Griselinia littoralis | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani |
| Helichrysum lanceolatum, niniao | |
| Hoheria angustifolia | |
| Kunzea ericoides | |
| Lepidum oleraceum | |
| Leptinella dioica | |
| Leptospermum scoparium | |
| Linum monogynum, rauhuia, New Zealand linen flax | |
| Mazus novaezeelandiae subsp. Impolitus | |
| Melicytus alpinus | |
| Melicytus ramiflorus | |
| Muehlenbeckia astonii (T), shrubby tororaro | |
| Muehlenbeckia axillaris | |
| Muehlenbeckia complexa, pöhuehue | |
| Muehlenbeckia ephedroides (R) | |
| Myoporum laetum | |
| Olearia avicenniifolia | |
| Olearia paniculata | |
| Ozothamnus leptophyllus, cottonwood | |
| Ozothamnus vauvilliersii | |
| Pimelea villosas | |
| Pittosporum eugenioides | |
| Pittosporum tenuifolium | |
| Plagianthus divaricatus, marsh ribbonwood | |
| Raoulia australis | |
| Salicornia quinqueflora | |
| Samolus repens, sea primrose | |
| Scleranthus uniflorus, näereere | |
| Selliera radicans, remuremu, a mat plant | |
| Sophora microphylla | |
| Tetragonia trigyna, kökihi, New Zealand spinach | |
| Veronica elliptica | |
| Veronica salicifolia | |
| Zoysia minima (R) |
PLANT NAME (T = threatened, R = rare)
Hours
Open 7 days a week: 10am-4pm