Appendix Two 3. Moderate Productivity Biotic patterns disrupted and fragmented, especially over the warmer and drier aspects, and coastal zone. Undisturbed natural gradients between terrestrial and marine ecosystems uncommon due to marine farming. Good habitat for migratory fish species. Large areas still unsurveyed but potential for high native fish diversity. Good access for threatened native fish species due to coastal proximity. 4. Plants Arthropodium cirratum ; Danhatchia australis (r); rewarewa; large-leaved milktree; wharangi; Adiantum viridescens (r); Art hropteris tennella; Lastreopsis veluti na, Cooks scurvy grass(r) (r)=rare in the Marlborough Sounds, or nationally threatened. 5. Animals Maud Island frog (r)(b); striped gecko (r)(e); little blue penguin; Powelliphanta ‘obscura’ (r); Cook Strait click beetle (r)(e); Odontria nesobia (r)(e); Rhytida ‘stephenensis ’ (r); Trios slug (Reflectopallium delli ) (r)(b?), Cook Strait giant weta (r). (b)=endemic to Bulwer ecosystem (e) =endemic to Marlborough Sounds (r)=rare in the Marlborough Sounds, or nationally threatened. C. Priorities and Potential for Restoration Terrestrial Values Very low levels of indigenous vegetation cover remain compared with original cover, and other land ecosystems. North and west-facing communities largely gone. Priority to protect, expand and connect fragments. Maintenance of shrublands provides excellent opportunity for forest restoration, especially in coastal, and warm north and west-facing situations, and on alluvium. Maintenance of predator-free status of islands, especially Maud Island. Freshwater Values Effects of subdivision and land disturbance need to be managed (water abstraction, fish passage, sedimentation, vegetation clearance). Maintain and enhance riparian vegetation in lower gradient stream areas. App Two - 31