Browsing items filed under: Requires Shelter × Free Draining/Volcanic × Heavy Clay Loam × Pisonia brunoniana Parapara, bird-catcher tree. Found on Three Kings and upper North Island. Large glossy green leave, grows up to 3m high. Pseudopanax arboreus Fivefinger. A common tree of lowland forests throughout New Zealand. Purple berries attractive to birds. Pseudopanax ferox Toothed lancewood Found throughout New Zealand, very similar to P.crassifolius although a lot slower growing. Juvenile stage has strongly toothed leaf margins. Pseudopanax laetus Found in the North Island from Coromandel to Taranaki Very similar to P.arboreus with larger leaves. Berries are borne in spring and are attractive to birds. 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. Weinmannia silvicola Towai Distribution is from Mangonui to the Bay of Plenty. Towai is not as tall growing as kamahi, it has different foliage but flowers are similar. « 1 2 »