Trip: Porirua Park Bush (Gillies Place), Rānui, Porirua
We will botanise this Significant Natural Area off Gillies Place by a circular route incorporating spurs and gullies. Last botanised in 1980, and described as regenerating scrub and forest remnant, this reserve has developed a diverse canopy of kohekohe, tawa, hīnau and māpou and has some relict matai, rimu, kahikatea, and a large Streblus banksii. […]