Rare and unique dune plant community
This photo shows the native creeping vine small-leaved pohuehue - (Muehlenbeckia complexa), the rare prostrate broom (Charmichaelia appressa) which is endemic to only the Kaitorete Spit, and the threatened pingao (golden sand sedge - Ficinia spiralis) which is endemic to New Zealand.
Often confused as a shrub because of its habit on piling up high on itself, or another plant, to form a dense tangled shrub-like mass that be a metre or so high.
A common creeping tangled vine of the New Zealand coast. Great lizard habitat and lizards play a role in spreading the seed.
Rare and unique dune plant community
This photo shows the native creeping vine small-leaved pohuehue - (Muehlenbeckia complexa), the rare prostrate broom (Charmichaelia appressa) which is endemic to only the Kaitorete Spit, and the threatened pingao (golden sand sedge - Ficinia spiralis) which is endemic to New Zealand.
Often confused as a shrub because of its habit on piling up high on itself, or another plant, to form a dense tangled shrub-like mass that be a metre or so high.
A common creeping tangled vine of the New Zealand coast. Great lizard habitat and lizards play a role in spreading the seed.