Fuchsia procumbens, creeping fuchsia,  shore fuchsia, climbing or trailing fuchsia is endemic to the North Island. This naturally uncommon species is found from the Ninety Mile Beach and Perpendicular Point south to Maunganui Bluff in the west, and Kennedy Bay (Coromandel Peninsula) in the east. It is known as a naturalised plant on Kapiti Island. It is strictly a coastal species, and can be found in cobble/gravel beaches, coastal cliff faces, coastal scrub and grassland, dune slacks and swales, and from the margins of saltmarshes (in places where it would be inundated during spring tides). It is quite tolerant of naturalised grasses and may be found growing amongst dense swards of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum. At various times regarded as seriously threatened, partly because some populations comprise only of a single sex-type. However, comprehensive surveys throughout this species range have discovered new populations and confirmed the persistence of the majority of the older sites.  Its range has hardly decreased and it would seem that the distribution of sex-types is natural. Because the species is so tolerant of environmental disturbance and weeds it is now regarded as biologically sparse. However, some populations have been eliminated recently by coastal development for holiday homes. If this trend continues then this species will probably qualify for a higher level of threat in the not to distant future. This remarkably adaptable plant is the smallest fuchsia in the world, and can be grown in most situations. It is a slender, much branched prostrate or trailing shrub. It has very slender stems, often 60 to 90 cm long and the bark is brown and peeling, with rounded green leaves about 10mm in diameter. The flowers are unusual for a fuchsia in that they are upright (a distinction it shares with F. arborescens of Mexico). They are yellow in colour with green and dark purplish sepals, with red anthers that have blue pollen. The flowers occur in September - May followed by edible red berries in early winter. It makes an excellent ground cover, and is ideal for a hanging basket.   

                               

 Ficinia spiralis, syn. Desmoschoenus spiralis, pingao (pronounced Pee-now) or golden sand sedge is endemic to the North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. It is found in coastal sand dune systems. It favours sloping and more or less unstable surfaces, growing mostly on the front face of active dunes but also on the rear face and rear dunes, provided that there is wind-blown sand. It can also grow on the top of sand hills. It is effective at trapping sand. Easily recognised by the distinctive overall orange colouring of the plant and by the paniculate spiral seed heads. Best grown in full sun in sandy conditions, it grows to 90cm high and puts out runners. The fruit of Ficinia has a gynophore, a feature shared only with the genus Ficinia with which it also shares paniculate, spiralled inforescences. It flowers in spring and early summer with seed in late summer. Its main threats come from competition from marram grass (Ammophila arenaria), dune stabilisation and compaction, harvesting, trampling, vehicle traffic and browsing animals. Because this species is wind-pollinated, individuals of small, isolated populations may not receive pollen during flowering, and therefore there will be no seed production. Browsing and trampling by sheep and horses; browsing of seedlings by possums; seed destruction by rodents; fire and insensitive harvesting. Frequently grown for dune restoration projects.  The yellow-green to orange leaves, when dried were used by Maori for weaving. Parts of the plant (fresh or dried) were also said to have medicinal properties.

 Olearia albida or tanguru is endemic to the North Island, where it is found from North Cape to East Cape on coastal cliffs and in coastal forests. It is a small, erect to spreading, vigorous growing shrub that grows 3-6m high. It has grooved flaky bark and twigs are grooved on the upper surface that bear leathery light green wavy leaves that taper towards the pointed tip, and have a white underside. It has large clusters of white flowers from January to May. Generally hardy, it is a useful species for a hedge or windbreak, or for general panting on a dry site. Its foliage is handsome enough to make it a great specimen tree. Young plants can be frost tender in districts with severe frosts. It is great for coastal gardens.

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.