Collecting Seeds from native trees
People may collect seed from the reserve only after obtaining permission from Auckland Council.
The gray shaded areas indicate when seeds may be collected from the tree.
Light blue indicates that seeds on the ground are also suitable for collecting.
Common Name | Botanical Name | Colour of Ripe Fruit/Seed Case | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
Cabbage Tree | Cordyline australis | White/paleblue | ||||||||||||
Fuchsia | Fuchsia excorticata | Red/puce | ||||||||||||
Flax | Phorium tenax | Dry black | ||||||||||||
Honeysuckle | Knightia excelsa | Dry brown | ||||||||||||
Houpara | Pseudopanax lessonii | Black | ||||||||||||
Kahikatea | Dacrycarpus dacrydiodes | Red/orange | ||||||||||||
Kanuka | Kunzea ericoides | Brown | ||||||||||||
Karaka | Corynocarpus laevigatus | Orange | ||||||||||||
Karamu | Coprosma robusta | Orange | ||||||||||||
Kohekohe | Dysoxylum spectabile | Green/red | ||||||||||||
Kowhai | Sophora sp | Yellow | ||||||||||||
Lancewood | Pseudopanax crassifolius | Black | ||||||||||||
Mahoe | Melicytus ramiflorus | Purple | ||||||||||||
Mangeao | Litsea calicaris | Reddish | ||||||||||||
Manuka | Leptospermum scoparium | Dry brown | ||||||||||||
Mapou | Myrsine australis | Black | ||||||||||||
Nikau | Rhopalostylis sapida | Red | ||||||||||||
Pigeonwood | Hedycarya arborea | Orange | ||||||||||||
Pohutukawa | Metrosideros excelsa | Dry brown | ||||||||||||
Pukatea | Laurelia novae-zealandiae | Green | ||||||||||||
Puriri | Vitex lucens | Red | ||||||||||||
Putaputaweta | Carpodetus serratus | Black | ||||||||||||
Rangiora | Brachyglottis repanda | Dry brown | ||||||||||||
Rewarewa | Knightia excelsa | Red | ||||||||||||
Rimu | Dacrydium cupressinum | Red | ||||||||||||
Tawa | Beilschmiedia tawa | Purple | ||||||||||||
Taraire | Beilschmiedia tarairi | Purple | ||||||||||||
Titoki | Alectryon excelsus | Red/black | ||||||||||||
Totara | Podocarpus totara | Red/yellow |