Appendix Two Table 12 (cont) Indigenous Vegetation and Landforms - Robertson Ecosystem Landform Components Geology Remnant Native Past and Potential Vegetation Native Vegetation 2. Moderately steep to Siliceous, weakly Forest Forest steep lower hill and developed Hard beech-black beech Hard beech-black beech mountain slopes Marlborough Schist forest with emergent rimu, forest with emergent rimu, 0-600 m elevation and kamahi, ponga, scarlet and kamahi, ponga, scarlet rata vine, heketara, crown rata vine, heketara, crown fern. fern. Mixed broadleaf forest of Pukatea-tawa-mahoe-mixed mahoe, wineberry-mamaku, broadleaf forest. fivefinger, putaputaweta, Rimu/black beech forest. tutu. Tawa forest in gullies & flats with emergent podocarps in places (rimu, kahikatea) & pukatea, nikau, mahoe, pigeonwood, pate. Black beech forest. Pukatea-tawa-mahoe-mixed broadleaf forest. 3. Undulating terraces fans Recent alluvium Forest and floodplains from Matai-totara-kahikatea- 0-30 m elevation predominantly tawa-titoki-white maire schistose rocks, forest. swamp deposits Kahikatea-narrow leaved lacebark-lacebark forest. 4. Prograding inlet heads Recent alluvial and Forest Forest 0-10 m elevation estuarine deposits Swamp maire-mixed Kahikatea-swamp maire broadleaf forest. forest. Matai-totara-kahikatea- tawa-titoki forest. 5. Steep rocky shorelines Siliceous, weakly Scrub and Sh rubland Forest, Scrub and 0-100 m elevation developed Rangiora-fivefinger-akiraho- Shrubland Marlborough Schistakeake-wharariki forest. Rangiora-fivefinger-akiraho- Mamaku-tauhinu-ngaio- akeake-wharariki forest. taupata. Mamaku-tauhinu-ngaio- Forest and Scrub taupata. Taupata shrubland. Forest and Scrub Taupata shrubland. A. The Physical Environment 1. Landforms/Geology Weakly developed schist with limited foliation; minor sedimentary strata. Infrequent but moderately large areas of alluvium and colluvium (Picton, Waikawa, Robin Hood Bay). Ecosystem centred on the Mount Robertson-Piripiri massif (1036 m) and the main ridge systems leading off it. Mostly very steep to moderately steep hill and mountain slopes. Bluff landforms occasional. Excessively dissected coastline into small bays and headlands. A few deeply indented inlets (Picton Harbour, Waikawa and Whatamango Bays) and prominent peninsulas (eg; The Snout). App Two - 59