Browsing items filed under: Partial Shade × Requires Shelter × Heavy Clay Loam × Moist/damp × Blechnum discolour Crown fern. Piupiu. Found throughout NZ usually in drier forests Cyathea medullaris Mamaku, black ponga Tallest of the tree ferns Laurelia novae-zelandiae Pukatea Handsome tree found swampy areas Throughout North Island, west coast of South Island. Libertia grandiflora NZ Iris- found lowland and forests in North Island and Nelson area of South Island. Tufted plant with narrow flax-like leaves. Delicate white flowers followed by large berries. Prumnopitys ferruginea Miro Large growing forest tree found throughout New Zealand. Attractive needle-like foliage. Prumnopitys taxifolia Matai. Matai resembles miro, growing throughout New Zealand. Slow growing with neatly arranged needle-like foliage. Rhopalostylis baueri var cheesemanii Kermadec nikau The Kermadec nikau has longer fronds, larger flower heads and darker seeds than the mainland nikau.