Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand

Coastal Dune Ecosystem Reference Database

Vegetation of the Government purpose reserve, Kaitorete Spit, Ellesmere, Canterbury Technical Report

Author
Partrige, T.R.
Publisher / Organisation
Botany Division, DSIR, Christchurch
Pages
8
Keywords
dry coastal shrubland, dry coastal grassland, sand dune
Summary
This reserve contains a series of parallel gravel depressions with dryland shrubs dominant, and between, a grassland of mostly native species. The seaward margin includes some back sand dunes. The reserve should be extended to include the sand dune sequence and perhaps west to include more of this peculiar and rare vegetation.