11/12/2023 ◂ Transect 5 ◂ Puwheke Beach West • Coastal Monitoring Database

Ground cover

By species

Spinifex sericeus 27.1%
Exotic grass 15.6%
Ficinia nodosa 11.5%
Apodasmia similis 4.2%
Exotic herb 4.2%
Lagurus ovatus 3.1%
Phormium tenax 1.0%
Lachnagrostis billardierei subsp. billardierei 1.0%
Coprosma acerosa 1.0%
Ficinia spiralis 1.0%

Native species

67.2% of samples with vegetation cover

No vegetation

30.2% of total samples

Dune profile

No dune angles were recorded in this survey.

Vegetation height

Point no.	Dist.	Touching species	Top species	Top height	Comments
1	0m
2	1m	Spinifex sericeus	Exotic grass	44cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
3	2m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	62cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
4	3m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	81cm
5	4m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	68cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
6	5m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	80cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
7	6m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	90cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
8	7m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	113cm
9	8m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	110cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
10	9m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	105cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
11	10m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	85cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
12	11m	Exotic grass	Ficinia nodosa	120cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
13	12m	Apodasmia similis	Apodasmia similis	180cm
14	13m	Exotic grass	Phormium tenax	190cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
15	14m	Phormium tenax	Apodasmia similis	164cm
16	15m	Ficinia nodosa	Phormium tenax	141cm
17	16m	Exotic grass	Phormium tenax	105cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
18	17m	Exotic grass	Phormium tenax	65cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
19	18m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	81cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
20	19m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	100cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
21	20m	Exotic grass	Exotic grass	89cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
22	21m	Apodasmia similis	Apodasmia similis	111cm
23	22m	Apodasmia similis	Apodasmia similis	100cm
24	23m	Apodasmia similis	Apodasmia similis	71cm
25	24m	Exotic herb	Exotic grass	41cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
26	25m		Exotic grass	35cm	Tussock swamp twig rush (Machaerina juncea)
27	26m	Lagurus ovatus	Lagurus ovatus	50cm
28	27m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	73cm
29	28m	Lagurus ovatus	Ficinia nodosa	61cm
30	29m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	110cm
31	30m	Spinifex sericeus	Ficinia nodosa	81cm
32	31m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	91cm
33	32m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	78cm
34	33m	Spinifex sericeus	Lagurus ovatus	38cm
35	34m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	60cm
36	35m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	65cm
37	36m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	55cm
38	37m	Lagurus ovatus	Spinifex sericeus	40cm
39	38m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	45cm
40	39m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	58cm
41	40m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	60cm
42	41m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	40cm
43	42m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	45cm
44	43m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	50cm
45	44m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	45cm
46	45m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	30cm
47	46m		Spinifex sericeus	33cm
48	47m	Lachnagrostis billardierei subsp. billardierei	Lagurus ovatus	45cm
49	48m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	31cm
50	49m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	50cm
51	50m	Exotic grass	Ficinia nodosa	53cm
52	51m	Exotic herb	Spinifex sericeus	34cm
53	52m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	50cm
54	53m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	55cm
55	54m	Exotic herb	Coprosma acerosa	40cm
56	55m	Coprosma acerosa	Coprosma acerosa	51cm
57	56m	Ficinia nodosa	Ficinia nodosa	78cm
58	57m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	52cm
59	58m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	62cm
60	59m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	25cm
61	60m
62	61m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	35cm
63	62m
64	63m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	30cm
65	64m
66	65m
67	66m	Exotic herb	Exotic herb	10cm
68	67m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	50cm
69	68m		Spinifex sericeus	18cm
70	69m		Spinifex sericeus	42cm
71	70m		Spinifex sericeus	19cm
72	71m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	30cm
73	72m		Spinifex sericeus	13cm
74	73m		Spinifex sericeus	32cm
75	74m
76	75m
77	76m		Spinifex sericeus	35cm
78	77m		Exotic grass	20cm
79	78m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	25cm
80	79m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	40cm
81	80m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	48cm
82	81m
83	82m
84	83m
85	84m
86	85m
87	86m	Spinifex sericeus	Spinifex sericeus	60cm
88	87m	Ficinia spiralis	Ficinia spiralis	50cm
89	88m
90	89m
91	90m
92	91m
93	92m
94	93m
95	94m
96	95m
97	96m				Dune toe

Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand

Coastal Monitoring Database

11/12/2023

Ground cover

By species

Native species

No vegetation

Dune profile

Vegetation height

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