Native tree species Trees That Count support
Trees That Count promotes native tree planting in New Zealand for environmental regeneration, biodiversity, and future well-being.
Focus Trees:
Must be native to New Zealand.
Should grow to at least 5 metres tall.
Intended to be cared for until maturity.
Tree Types:
Trees: Typically tall, long-lived species forming the forest canopy.
Shrubs/Small Trees: Shorter or understory species in mature forests.
Most commonly supported trees and shrubs.
Trees
Kauri (Agathis australis)
Tītoki (Alectryon excelsus)
Taraire (Beilschmiedia tarairi)
Tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa)
Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides)
Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum)
Kohekohe (Dysoxylum spectabile)
Hīnau (Elaeocarpus dentatus)
Pōkākā (Elaeocarpus hookerianus)
Tawhairauriki/Mountain beech (Fuscospora cliffortioides)
Tawhairaunui/Red beech (Fuscospora fusca)
Tawhairauriki/Black beech (Fuscospora solandri)
Tawhairaunui/Hard beech (Fuscospora truncata)
Pāpāuma/Kāpuka/Broadleaf (Griselinia littoralis)
Pigeonwood/Porokaiwhiri (Hedycarya arborea)
Narrow-leaved lacebark (Hoheria angustifolia)
Rewarewa/Honeysuckle (Knightia excelsa)
Kānuka (Kunzea ericoides)
Rawirinui, Kānuka (Kunzea robusta)
Pukatea (Laurelia novae-zelandiae)
Pāhautea/Mountain cedar (Libocedrus bidwillii)
Kawaka/New Zealand cedar (Libocedrus plumosa)
Mangeao (Litsea calicaris)
Tirowhārangi/Silver beech (Lophozonia menziesii)
Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa)
Northern rātā (Metrosideros robusta)
Southern rātā (Metrosideros umbellata)
Black maire (Nestegis cunninghamii)
White maire (Nestegis lanceolata)
Chatham Islands akeake (Olearia traversiorum)
Tānekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides)
Manatu/Lowland ribbonwood (Plagianthus regius)
Hall's tōtara (Podocarpus laetus)
Tōtara (Podocarpus totara)
Miro (Prumnopitys ferruginea)
Mataī (Prumnopitys taxifolia)
Nīkau (Rhopalostylis sapida)
Small leaved-kōwhai (Sophora microphylla)
Kōwhai (Sophora tetraptera)
Pūriri (Vitex lucens)
Kāmahi (Weinmannia racemosa)
Shrubs/Small Trees
Makamaka (Ackama rosifolia)
Makomako/Wineberry (Aristotelia serrata)
Mangrove (Avicennia marina)
Rautini (Brachyglottis huntii)
Rangiora (Brachyglottis repanda)
Putaputawētā (Carpodetus serratus)
Weeping broom (Chordospartium stevensonii)
Māmāngi (Coprosma arborea)
Kanono (Coprosma grandiflolia)
Shining karamū (Coprosma lucida)
Mingimingi (Coprosma propinqua)
Taupata (Coprosma repens)
Karamū (Coprosma robusta)
Round-leaved coprosma (Coprosma rotundifolia)
Tī kōuka/Cabbage tree (Cordyline australis)
Hokataka, whakataka (Corokia macrocarpa)
Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus)
Silver fern (Cyathea dealbata)
Mamaku (Cyathea medullaris)
Whekī-ponga (Dicksonia fibrosa)
Matagouri (Discaria toumatou)
Akeake (Dodonaea viscosa)
Whau (Entelea arborescens)
Kōtukutuku/Tree fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata)
Puka (Griselinia lucida)
Houhere/North Island lacebark (Hoheria populnea)
Houhere/Long-leaved lacebark (Hoheria sexstylosa)
Tawari (Ixerba brexioides)
Yellow-silver pine (Lepidothamnus intermedius)
Mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium)
Mingimingi (Leucopogon fasciculatus)
Ramarama (Lophomyrtus bullata)
Small-leaved ramarama (Lophomyrtus obcordata)
Manoao/Silver pine (Manoao colensoi)
Poataniwha (Melicope simplex)
Whārangi (Melicope ternata)
Māhoe-wao (Melicytus lanceolatus)
Large-leaved māhoe (Melicytus macrophyllus)
Māhoe/Whiteywood (Melicytus ramiflorus)
Pukanui (Meryta sinclairii)
Parkinson’s rātā (Metrosideros parkinsonii)
Maire taiki (Mida salicifolia)
Ngaio (Myoporum laetum)
Māpou (Myrsine australis)
Toro (Myrsine salicina)
Rōhutu (Neomyrtus pedunculata)
Coastal maire (Nestegis apetala)
Narrow-leaved maire (Nestegis montana)
Mountain akeake (Olearia avicenniifolia)
Akiraho (Olearia paniculata)
Heketara (Olearia rani)
Kaikōmako (Pennantia corymbosa)
Kawakawa/Pepper tree (Piper excelsum subsp. excelsum)
Rautawhiri (Pittosporum colensoi)
Karo (Pittosporum crassifolium, Pittosporum ellipticum)
Tarata/Lemonwood (Pittosporum eugenioides)
Tawhitikaro (Pittosporum ralphii)
Kōhūhū (Pittosporum tenuifolium)
Haekaro (Pittosporum umbellatum, Pittosporum virgatum)
Tawapou (Planchonella costata)
Whauwhaupaku/Five finger (Pseudopanax arboreus)
Hoho/Chatham Island lancewood
(Pseudopanax chathamicus)
Orihou (Pseudopanax colensoi)
Horoeka/Lancewood (Pseudopanax crassifolius, Pseudopanax discolor)
Fierce lancewood (Pseudopanax ferox)
Houpara (Pseudopanax lessonii)
Horopito (Pseudowintera axillaris)
Mountain horopito (Pseudowintera colorata)
Tāwheowheo (Quintinia serrata)
Raukawa (Raukaua edgerleyi)
Haumakaroa (Raukaua simplex)
Patē (Schefflera digitata)
Tūrepo/Large-leaved milk tree (Streblus banksii)
Tūrepo/Small-leaved milk tree (Streblus heterophyllus)
Maire tawake/Swamp maire (Syzygium maire)
Toru (Toronia toru)
Tōwai (Weinmannia silvicola)
There are other native trees and shrubs that will comply with Trees That Count’s criteria.
For any species not on our list above, the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network has an online plant identification database that gives height ranges for most natives to determine which species will comply.