Native Forest Regeneration Process 2

Just by way of illustration of my previous post, here is a photo of an Australian Kauri (Agathis robusta) - one of three I planted below the kanuka canopy in my gully paddock last summer. They were above my head when I put them in and they're racing away now:


You can see below it the shiny, bright green leaves of a very common native shrub called hangehange (Geniostoma ligustrifolium), also taking advantage of the shady conditions to get itself established.

Where there are breaks in the overhead canopy, a few gorse bushes still persist, but they certainly don't look very healthy. Here's another photo of one of our native maidenhair ferns (Adiantum cunninghamii) self-sown and flourishing beautifully at the foot of a kanuka tree:


Patricia