The native plant species in this list are found on Maungawhau or are suitable for planting on volcanic sites. The list is drawn from vegetation plans, ecological studies and our own knowledge and experience. Excluded are some existing planted species such as rimu, miro, kauri, ngaio, whārangi and tree fuchsia (kōtukutuku) which are not ecologically suited to the site.
Species – Common name / Māori name
Acaena spp. – bidibid / piripiri
Adiantum hispidulum – rosy maidenhair
Alectryon excelsus – tītoki
Aristotelia serrata – wineberry / makomako
Arthropodium cirratum – rengarenga lily
Asplenium oblongifolium – shining spleenwort / huruhuru whenua
Astelia banksii – coastal astelia / wharawhara
Astelia solandri – perching astelia / kōwharawhara
Austroderia fulvida – toetoe
Beilschmiedia tarairi – taraire
Blechnum novae-zelandiae – kiokio
Brachyglottis repanda – rangiora, pukapuka
Carex breviculmis – short-culm sedge
Carex flagellifera – trip-me-up / mānaia, maurea
Carex inversa – creeping lawn sedge
Carex lambertiana – forest sedge
Carex solandri – forest sedge
Centella uniflora – centella
Clianthus puniceus – kākābeak
Coprosma lucida – shining karamu / karamū, kāramuramu
Coprosma macrocarpa subsp. minor – karamū, kāramuramu
Coprosma propinqua – mingimingi
Coprosma rhamnoides – twiggy coprosma
Coprosma robusta – karamū, kāramuramu
Corokia cotoneaster – korokio
Cordyline australis – cabbage tree / tī kōuka
Corynocarpus laevigatus – karaka
Cyathea medullaris – black tree fern / mamaku, kōrau
Dichondra repens – Mercury Bay weed
Dianella nigra – NZ blueberry / tūrutu, piopio
Dodonaea viscosa – akeake
Doodia australis – rasp fern / pukupuku
Dysoxylum spectabile – kohekohe
Entelea arborescens – whau
Freycinetia banksii – kiekie
Gahnia setifolia – cutty grass / māpere
Geniostoma ligustrifolium – hangehange
Geranium solandri – native geranium
Griselinia lucida – puka, akapuka
Haloragis erecta – haloragis / toatoa
Hedycarya arborea – pigeonwood / porokaiwhiri
Hoheria populnea – lacebark / houhere
Hymenophyllum sanguinolentum – filmy fern / piripiri
Knightia excelsa – rewarewa
Kunzea robusta – kānuka
Leptospermum scoparium – mānuka
Libertia ixioides – NZ iris
Litsea calicaris – mangeao
Machaerina sinclairii – machaerina / tūhara, pēpepe
Melicytus ramiflorus – whitey wood / māhoe
Metrosideros excelsa – pōhutukawa
Metrosideros perforata – climbing rata / akatea
Microlaena stipoides – meadow rice grass / pātītī
Microlaena avenacea – bush rice grass
Microsorum pustulatum – hound’s tongue fern / kōwaowao, pāraharaha
Muehlenbeckia complexa – wire vine / pōhuehue
Myrsine australis – red matipo / māpou
Olearia furfuracea – akepiro
Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. imbecillis – bush panic grass
Paesia scaberula – scented fern / mātā, mātātā
Pellaea falcata – sickle fern
Pellaea rotundifolia – button fern / tarawera
Peperomia urvilleana – peperomia / wharanui
Phormium cookianum – coastal flax / wharariki
Phormium tenax – flax / harakeke
Phyllocladus trichomanoides – tānekaha
Piper excelsum subsp. excelsum – kawakawa
Pittosporum crassifolium – karo
Pittosporum eugenioides – lemonwood / tarata
Pneumatopteris pennigera – gully fern / pākau, pākau-roharoha
Podocarpus totara – tōtara
Polystichum richardii – common shield fern / pikopiko
Pomaderris amoena – tauhinu
Pomaderris kumaraho – gumdigger’s soap / kūmarahou
Pomaderris phylicifolia var. ericifolia – tauhinu
Pseudopanax arboreus – five-finger / whauwhaupaku
Pseudopanax crassifolius – lancewood / horoeka
Pseudopanax lessonii – five-finger / houpara, parapara
Pteridium esculentum – bracken / rārahu
Pteris tremula – shaking brake / turawera
Pyrrosia eleagnifolia – leather-leaf fern / ota
Ranunculus reflexus – hairy buttercup / mārūrū
Rhopalostylis sapida – nīkau
Rubus australis – bush lawyer / tātarāmoa
Scandia rosifolia – angelica, rose-leaved anise / koheriki
Schefflera digitata – seven-finger / patē
Solanum laciniatum – poroporo, pōporo
Sophora chathamica – coastal kōwhai
Trichomanes reniforme – kidney fern / kopakopa, raurenga
Uncinia uncinata – hook grass / kamu, matau-a-māui
Urtica incisa – scrub nettle / ongaonga
Veronica stricta – hebe / koromiko
Vitex lucens – pūriri