Browsing items filed under: Full Shade × Requires Shelter × Blechnum discolour Crown fern. Piupiu. Found throughout NZ usually in drier forests Cyathea medullaris Mamaku, black ponga Tallest of the tree ferns Cyathea smithii Soft tree fern Found throughout NZ in moist soils. Distinguishes itself from other tree fern species because of its 'skirt' of dead fronds that hang from the top of the plant. Dysoxylum spectabile Kohekohe Coastal tree found North Cape to Nelson. Kohekohe flowers are an important and favoured source of floral nectar for Tui and Bellbird. Macropiper excelsum Recently had name change to Piper excelsum subsp. Kawakawa, peper tree. Found in abundance throughout the North Island. Attractive orange candle-like berries make quite a feature. Macropiper melchior Three Kings Island Kawakawa. Recently renamed as Piper melchoir. Very strong thick leaves with exaggerated leaf veining. Peperomia urvilleana Found throughout North Island and upper South Island Coastal plant forming low clumps, fleshy stems and leaves. Attractive indoor or patio plant. Pisonia brunoniana Parapara, bird-catcher tree. Found on Three Kings and upper North Island. Large glossy green leave, grows up to 3m high. Ptisana salicina Marratia salicinia, King fern, para Stunning fern with tropical appearance now rare in the wild due to decimation by wild pigs and goats. Rhabdothamnus solandri Waiu-atua, New Zealand gloxinia Small shrub found in shady areas with delicate flowers ranging in colour from yellow to orange. Rhopalostylis baueri var cheesemanii Kermadec nikau The Kermadec nikau has longer fronds, larger flower heads and darker seeds than the mainland nikau. Schefflera digitata Pate, Seven Finger Prefers damp, shady parts of the forest and is common along stream banks and on shady forest roadsides.