| Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Deciduous or Evergreen |
Height (m) |
Tolerance |
Comments |
| Frost |
Salt Spray |
| Acaia longifolia var. sophorae |
Coastal Golden wattle |
E |
2-3 |
Slight |
None |
Can be subject to crown breakage in strong winds. High risk plant pest in coastal zones. |
| A. retinoides |
Swamp Wattle |
E |
3-7 |
Slight |
Slight |
Potential bee fodder, flowers intermittenly for 10 months of the year. |
| Chamae-cytisus palmensis |
Tree Lucerne, Tagasaste |
E |
4-6 |
Moderate |
Moderate |
Seedlings more frost sensitive and highly palatable to rabbits or possums. Good nurse species. Can be trimmed for stock fodder. |
| Dodonea viscosa |
(Purple) Akeake |
E |
3-7 |
Moderate |
High |
Attractive, drought tolerate, prefers well drained soils. |
| Oleania traversii |
Chatam Is. Akeake |
E |
5-10 |
Moderate |
High |
Useful in conjunction with taller grown species, prefers well drained soils. |
| Phormium tenax |
Harakeke, Flax |
E |
2-3 |
High |
High |
Good for wet sites and underplanting deciduous tree species. |
| Pittosporum crassifolium |
Karo |
E |
5-6 |
Slight |
High |
Good for coastal sites, closely related to species P.ralphii. |
| Pomaderris apetala |
Tainui |
E |
4-5 |
Slight |
High |
Good for coastal sites, requires well-drained soils. |
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