Browsing items filed under: Trees × Partial Shade × Requires Shelter × Free Draining/Volcanic × Heavy Clay Loam × Agathis australis Kauri Forest giant. Distribution throughout Northland to Bay of Plenty Alectryon excelsus Titoki Attractive tree found lowland forest North Cape to Banks Peninsula. Beilschmiedia tarairi Tarairi Large forest tree most common to the northern half of North island. Caldcluvia rosifolia Makamaka Northland tree, attractive spreading garden specimen. Dacrydium cupressinum Rimu, red pine. Our most distinctive canopy tree found throughout NZ. Knightia excelsa Rewarewa, New Zealand honeysuckle. Found throughout North Island and Marlborough Sounds. Attractive bottle-bush like rusty red flowers. Libocedrus plumosa Kawaka Libocedrus plumosa is a species of conifer endemic to New Zealand. It is an excellent specimen plant preferring the warmer regions of the north island. Phyllocladus trichomanoides Tanekaha, Celery pine. Found from the North Cape south to northern Marlborough and Nelson districts in the South Island, in lowland forest up to 800 m above sea level. 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. 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.