Suitable plants for effluent disposal areas
Native shrubs, trees and ground covers
Cabbage tree.
Kiokio (fern)
Blechnum novaezelandiae
Putaputaweta
Carpodetus serratus
Sand coprosma (ground cover)
Coprosma acerosa
Mingimingi
C. propinqua
Taupata
C.repens
Ti kouka, cabbage tree (fast)
Cordyline australis
Karaka (large tree)
Corynocarpus laevigatus
Tree fuchsia
Fuchsia excorticata
Koromiko, hebe
Hebe stricta
Houhere, lacebark (fast)
Hoheria populnea
Pukatea (large tree)
Laurelia novae-zelandiae
Manuka
Leptospermum scoparium
Kawakawa
Macropiper excelsum
Puriri (large tree)
Vitex lucens
Grass-like plants
Oioi, jointed rush
Apodasmia similis
Rengarenga, rock lily
Arthropodium cirratum
Rautahi, tussock sedge
Carex geminata
Purei, pukio, tussock sedge
Carex secta
Toetoe *
Cotaderia fulvida
Umbrella sedge
Cyperus ustulatus
Turutu, NZ blueberry
Dianella nigra
Pepepe, toetoe tuhara
Machaerina sinclarii
Harakeke, flax (fast)
Phormium tenax
* Do not use invasive exotic pampas grasses