Tarata Track Tree Trail Preview

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Start

StartThe best place to start is the carpark on Carsons Road. From there, follow the Tarata Track signs to head into the forest. The first stop is stop number 1 by a māhoe tree on your left.

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Stop 1 - Māhoe

Māhoe Whiteywood (Melicytus ramiflorus)

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Stop 2 - Hangehange

Hangehange New Zealand privet (Geniostoma ligustrifolium)

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Stop 3 - Kānuka

Kānuka (Kunzea ericoides)

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Stop 4 - Ponga

Ponga Silver tree fern (Cyathea dealbata)

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Stop 5 - Taraire

Taraire (Beilschmedia taraire)

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Stop 6 - Ridge line

Ridge line

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Stop 7 - Kohekohe

Kohekohe New Zealand mahogany (Dysoxylum spectabile)

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Stop 8 - Nīkau grove

Nīkau grove (Rhopalostylis sapida)

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Stop 9 - Pōhutukawa

Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa)

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Stop 10 - Mataī

Mataī Black pine (Prumnopitys taxifolia)

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Stop 11 - Regrowth

Regrowth after big slip

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Stop 12 - Karaka

Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus)

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Stop 13 - Mamaku

Mamaku Black fern (Cyathea medullaris)

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Stop 14 - Pūriri

Pūriri (Vitex lucens)

15

Stop 15 - Māpou

Māpou (Myrsine australis)

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Stop 16 - Māmāngi

Māmāngi Tree coprosma (Coprosma arborea)

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Stop 17 - Tarata

Tarata Lemonwood (Pittosporum eugenoides)

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Stop 18 - Ponga entwined

Ponga entwined

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Stop 19 - Awa (Stream)

Stream

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Stop 20 - Northern rātā

Northen rātā (Meterosideros robusta)

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Stop 21

End of Tarata Track