Resource Centre
Here you'll find links to interesting sources of information that may prove useful to anyone thinking about undertaking revegetation project or our ecology more generally. Much of it has been relied upon in developing content for this website. Feel free to submit suggestions for any other related material that you'd like to recommend be added to the 'Library" via our Contact Form.
Plant Collections
- Erosion Control
- Low Flammability Plants
- Rare Plants
- Wetland
- Rongoa
- Winter Pollen
- Drought Tolerant
- History of use
- Dioecious
Biodiversity Projects
- 5,500 trees to help river flourish : NZ Herald
- Wetland restoration gets a boost : Hurunui District Council
Websites
- Department of Conservation
- Low flammability plants
- Low flammability plants can help protect homes from wildfires
- Wildfire Research
- Attract Birds to Your Garden : DOC
- Environment Guide
- Environment Canterbury
- iNaturalist
- Trees that Count
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Forest & Bird
- Biosphere Capital
- What is a Host Plant
- Rare Species
- NZHS and herpetology
- New Zealand Birds Online
YouTube Videos
Facebook Pages
Podcasts
Brochures
- Backyard Biodiversity in Canterbury : Lincoln University
- Ecological Regions and Districts : DOC
- Month by month calendar of plants for native birds: DOC
- Canterbury Plains Native Plant Communities : DOC
- Garden Lizards In Canterbury : DOC
- Establishing Shelter In Canterbury : Landcare Research
- Getting Riparian Planting Right : Dairy NZ
- Living Streams Handbook : ECAN
- Riparian Planting : Christchurch City Council
- Streamside Planting Guide : Christchurch City Council
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