Pomaderris amoena or tauhinu is endemic to the Three Kings, North and South Islands. In the South Island it is generally scarce reaching its southern limit at Eyrewell, Canterbury. It is now under treat in this area from loss of habitat due to intensive dairy farming. It is usually found in coastal and lowland open shrublands, gumland scrub and in sand country, and also in rocky headlands. Occasionally found well inland in montane situations. A species virtually confined to successional vegetation types. This closely branched, softly bushy shrub will grow up to 1m tall. It has bright green leaves that are very small and narrow with a wrinkled surface, on branchlets that are quite often densely clad with white hairs. It has small pale yellow flowers from October to December. The name change has come through DNA testing that has determined that it is not closely related to Pomaderris phylicifolia, the species that is from Australia.

Olearia fragrantissima or fragrant tree daisy is endemic to the  South Island, where it is found in the eastern and south-eastern parts from Banks Peninsula to Southland. It grows in coastal to lower montane, from sea-level to 300m asl, usually in grey scrub, on forest margins or shrublands. Sometimes found on the margins of estuarine or saltmarsh vegetation in places which would be subject to saline water in extremes of tide, but also found on gravelly soils often on the margins of steep gullies, gorges and in boulder field. A small deciduous tree that grows up to 6m tall, it has an erect habit, with reddish coloured bark on its young rather stiffly zig-zagging branchlets, that become a fawn colour when older, and can peel off in ribbony strips. It has rather thin pale-green leaves that are covered in a silky tomentum underneath. When in flower from October to December, the small pale creamy yellow clusters of flowers smell of ripe peaches or fruit salad. The flowers are followed by fluffy pale fawn seeds from December that are dispersed by the wind. It will withstand very dry conditions and is particularly wind tolerant. The scent from its flowers make it a worthwhile addition to any garden.

Scleranthus biflorus occurs in the North & South Islands, but also in Tasmania, Australia and in South America. It is common around the coast in the North Island, and in a few inland localities. In the South Island it is found from coastal areas in Marlborough to inland Otago, in grassland and rocky places. A closely branched, perennial herb, that forms green or sometimes yellowish mossy cushions or hummocks up to 30cm or more across. It grows from a central root system. In a garden situation it can form attractive, rather neat bright green hummocks, which makes it a great feature for a border or in a rock garden. It likes a sunny position with a cool root run and good drainage.

Dicksonia fibrosa, wheki-ponga, Kuiripaka or golden tree fern is endemic to the North, South, Stewart, and Chatham Islands, but is uncommon north of the Waikato River and Coromandel Peninsula. A subcanopy species, it is found in lowland to montane forest, or in semi-open country in the North Island, and in coastal and montane areas in the South. It is easily recognised by its thick fibrous trunk that grows slowly up to 6m tall, with a heavy skirt of completely dead fronds. It has a dense crown of short-stalked, rather narrow fronds. A very hardy tree fern that grows in, and perhaps the only one that tolerates open country reasonably well in a moderately sunny site and also tolerates frost.