Surville Cliffs - Local Flora

Local Flora

The cliffs expose 1.2 square kilometres of serpentinised peridotite mafic rocks. They form a unique environment that supports a number of threatened and endangered plants endemic to the area, including:

  • Pittosporum ellipticum subsp. serpentinum
  • Hebe brevifolia
  • Hebe ligustrifolia
  • Helichrysum aggregatum
  • Leucopogon xerampelinus
  • Pimelea tomentosa (Sand Daphne)
  • Phyllocladus trichomanoides (Tanekaha)
  • Pseudopanax lessonii (Coastal Fivefinger)
  • Uncinia perplexa (Surville Cliffs Bastard Grass)

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