Plants and Animals of Waiwhakareke

Waiwhakareke is home to a range of plants and animals, and hopefully in future this will be much more diverse and encompass many important New Zealand species. The following sections provide access to more information, and sometimes to external sites that have completed specialist research in the area.

Plants of Waiwhakareke To view a species list of vascular plants at WNHP before 2004 click here. To view a species list of vascular species, planted since 2004 click here. Forest Flora, a nursery established to guide and support restoration of natural areas in the Waikato, has produced an excellent list of native plants found in wetlands click here.

Fish of Horseshoe Lake Horseshoe Lake was boat electric-fished for 3 hours on the 13 May 2005; covering an area of 5072 m2 or 17% of the lake area, focusing primarily on the perimeter of the lake and one pass through the centre of the lake. Total fish density for the perimeter was 1.5 m2 and total fish biomass was 155 g m2. For more information go to www.lernz.co.nz

Zooplankton of Horseshoe Lake