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| | Ecological Resoration Conference - Field Trip Photos |
 | | Wigram Retention Basin, headwaters of Heathcote catchment, with wetland sedges, rushes, harakeke, toetoe, shrubs (mikimiki, tauhinu), and young trees (cabbage tree, karamu, akeake, broadleaf, manuka, kanuka) established around the margin. |
 | | Successful species after 8 years are ngaio, akeake, kohuhu, karamu, taupata (not local), cabbage tree, harakeke, koromiko, kanuka, manuka (although suffers from blight), lemonwood, sand coprosma, shrub pohuehue, matagouri, and NZ broom. |
 | | Raupo, sedges, rushes, harakeke, cabbage tree and other species are gradually replacing the grey willows (by regeneration or planting) as they are removed. |
| www.landcareresearch.co.nz /news/conferences/ecorestoration/fieldtripphotos.asp (647 words) |
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