Appendix 2 Volume Three Coastal Terrestrial Area 8: Stokes Sub Area Rating Key Values Additional Comments Mt. Stokes massif Very High Original forest covers most of the Parts of Titirangi Road and (and High upper slopes of the Stokes massif and Anakoha Road connecting around inner its summit supports the only Port Gore and Guards Port Gore and occurrence of subalpine vegetation in Bay/Anakoha Bay are Camp Bay the Sounds. It is the largest and included within the rating due highest forest tract in the Marlborough to their limited visual and Sounds, and includes largely-intact physical presence. shore-to-tops sequences. The area also straddles the inner and outer Sounds, where extreme weather can also play an important aspect in the Area’s experiential values. Unique sub-alpine rockland vegetation [i.e. Celm var. isia macmahonii macmaho nii only occurs here, on bluffs]. More settled areas of inner Port Gore retain High levels of natural character due to regenerating bush and limited modification. Limited modification and indigenous forest cover along the Queen Charlotte shores of Endeavour Inlet and Ship Cove. Southern extents Very High Original forest covers most of the upper slopes around Bob’s Knob and the lowlands around Golf Reef Bay in Kenepuru Sound. Coastal Terrestrial Area 9: Pelorus Sub Area Rating Key Values Additional Comments Pelorus/Kaituna Very High Distinctive remnant alluvial Refer also to Coastal Marine Estuary communities, although now reduced Area C. to scattered treelands, are regionally important and include fertile podocarp and mixed broadleaf treeland, and semi-deciduous kowhai-ribbonwood- lacebark treelands. Estuarine and adjoining freshwater wetland communities are extensive, very distinctive, regionally outstanding, and provide important habitats. The estuarine system also has biotic patterns and sequences, dynamics and processes that are largely intact. The intertidal river delta, with its network of small waterways holds very high perceived naturalness values. App 2 - 14