Gullies (Hamilton, NZ)
(i) Narrow gully floors
Land form: *Colluvium, rhyolitic sands(volcanic), silt and gravel + organic, poorly drained, flat
(*Colluvium is sediment that has moved downhill to the bottom of the slope without the help of running water in streams. Gravity, in the form of soil creep, and sheet wash during rain storms are the predominant agents.)
Historic vegetation type: Kahikatea – pukatea – swamp marie forest
The poorly drained gully floor and their associated backswamps were dominated by Kahikatea, pukatea, swamp marie, cabbage tree and pokaka. Understorey and ground cover species include mapou, fuchsia, lancewood, pate, Coprosma rotundifolia, Cyathea cunninghamii, Astelia grandis, kiekie and supplejack. This type is represented in a small (1ha) remnant immediately east of Hammond Park, alongside the Waikato River, which is described in detail in de Lange (1996)
Target plants for the Kirikiriroa / St James Drive Gully restoration planting - gully floor
(i) Narrow gully floors
Land form: *Colluvium, rhyolitic sands(volcanic), silt and gravel + organic, poorly drained, flat
(*Colluvium is sediment that has moved downhill to the bottom of the slope without the help of running water in streams. Gravity, in the form of soil creep, and sheet wash during rain storms are the predominant agents.)
Historic vegetation type: Kahikatea – pukatea – swamp marie forest
The poorly drained gully floor and their associated backswamps were dominated by Kahikatea, pukatea, swamp marie, cabbage tree and pokaka. Understorey and ground cover species include mapou, fuchsia, lancewood, pate, Coprosma rotundifolia, Cyathea cunninghamii, Astelia grandis, kiekie and supplejack. This type is represented in a small (1ha) remnant immediately east of Hammond Park, alongside the Waikato River, which is described in detail in de Lange (1996)
Target plants for the Kirikiriroa / St James Drive Gully restoration planting - gully floor
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