New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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A map of the Pre-European vegetation of Lower Northland, New Zealand

James Beever

5 Mahoe Avenue, Remuera, Auckland 5, New Zealand

Abstract The Pre-European pattern of natural vegetation cover of the Lower Northland district, New Zealand, has been mapped from the information recorded mainly between 1860 and 1890 on the survey plans of the first surveyors. Forest containing kauri (Agathis australis), and scrubland of manuka (Leptospermum spp.) and fern (Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum), occupied most of the land. Freshwater swamp was present along river margins, mangrove swamp coastally in the Kaipara Harbour and along the indented eastern coastline, and sand dunes occupied much of the western sides of the Kaipara peninsulas.

Keywords Pre-European vegetation; Lower Northland, New Zealand; vegetation map; pioneer surveyors; Agathis australis; Leptospermum spp.; Pteridium aquilinum var. esculentum; Avicennia resinifera

Received 18 December 1979, revision received 18 April 1980
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1981, Vol. 19:105-110

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