1 - Southland Native Plants for Forest & Wetland Restoration |
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This set of fact sheets about native plants in Southland have been designed in partnership between Environment Southland and the Southland Community Nursery. They aim to educate and inform people providing a practical guide for planting native plants in Southland.
This first sheet provides a general overview, with the other fact sheets focusing on wetland and streamside planting, native forest restoration, native shelterbelts and special Southland plants.
The plants listed in the Southland native plant factsheets are those found to be most tolerant of Southland climatic conditions, the fastest growing species and the species which thrive on neglect. With the best will in the world, people are busy and do not attend to the maintenance of their plantings as often as is desirable.
Why Eco-Source?Eco-sourcing means sourcing plants from your local area. Plants sourced and grown from the local area are better adapted to conditions there, are more likely to survive and will help to preserve the distinctiveness of plants from the region.
As a general principle select plants from seeds collected as close as possible to where you want to plant. As a minimum standard use seeds or plants from within the region e.g. Southland region. Eco-sourcing acts to maintain and restore local biodiversity.
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