Clutha District Wetlands

 

Akatore Creek Swamp

Description: Extensive area of saltmarsh and swamp above coastal marine area south of Akatore Creek | Type/Class: Swamp/saltmarsh, bog.

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Black Swamp

Description: A cushion-plant bog with large peat dome, wire rush (Empodisma minus), sedges, herbs and scrubs | Type/Class: Swamp

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Blackcleugh Burn Swamp

Description: Red tussock swamp in the upper valley floor of the Blackcleugh Burn, on the east side of the Blue Mountains | Type/Class: Swamp

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Blair Fen

Description: Blair Fen | Type/Class: Fen

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Blair Swamp

Description: Blair Swamp | Type/Class: Swamp

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Bungtown Bog

Description: A small area of swamp, including a peat dome | Type/Class: Bog

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Camp Stream Swamp

Description: Camp Stream Swamp | Type/Class: Swamp

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Cannibal Bay Road Swamp

Description: Large wetland surrounded by mature podocarp-rate forest and secondary broadleaf-podocarp (kowhai) forest near Cannibal Bay, Catlins | Type/Class: Swamp

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Catlins River Wetland

Description: A large area of shrub wetland, with kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) and silver beech (Nothofagus menziesii) remnants, on either side of the lower Catlins River | Type/Class: Bog

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Cheetwood Road Wetlands

Description: Three discrete areas of rush, sedge and flax swamp, beside the Puerua deviation channel, near the mouth of the Clutha River/Mata-Au | Type/Class: Swamp and Fen

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Clifton Hill Marshes

Description: Clifton Hill Marshes | Type/Class: Marsh

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Clutha Matau Wetlands

Description: Clutha Matau Wetlands |Type/Class: Swamp

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Culcairn Oxbow Marsh

Description: Culcairn Oxbow Marsh | Type/Class: Marsh

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Dunvegan Fen Complex

Description: Small ponds on valley floor | Type/Class: Fen/Bog

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East Benhar Swamp

Densely vegetated rectangular swamp dominated by flax and sedge, near to Lake Tuakitoto Wetlands | Type/Class: Swamp

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False Islet Wetland Management Area

Description: Moist hollow on sandflats behind foredunes | Type/Class: Marsh

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Finegand Lagoon Marsh

Description: Finegand Lagoon Marsh | Type/Class: Marsh

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Frasers Stream Headwaters Marsh Complex

Description: Frasers Stream Headwaters Marsh Complex | Type/Class: Marsh

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Glendhu Swamp

Description: Glendhu Swamp | Type/Class: Swamp

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Governors Point Swamp

Description: A wetland area including river terrace and gully floor plant communities on the western side of the Taieri River, about 2 km from its mouth | Type/Class: Forest swamp

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Harrington Mill Road Swamp

Description: Harrington Mill Road Swamp | Type/Class: Swamp

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Hazeldale Fens

Description: Palustrine wetland complex comprising a fen area that occurs in a shallow depression, a swamp adjacent to a large pond and a smaller area of boggy tussock lands | Type/Class: Fen, Bog and Swamp

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Hukihuki Swamp

Description: A coastal rush/sedge/podocarp swamp | Type/Class: Swamp

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Hungerford Point Saltmarsh

Hungerford Point Saltmarsh contains high botanical value and adjacent coastal forest located near the mouth of the Catlins Lake | Type/Class: Saltmarsh

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John O'Groats Hill Fen

Description: Area of copper tussock swamp at the head of the West Branch of Back Stream, adjacent to John O’Groats Hill, on the east side of the Blue Mountains | Type/Class: Fen

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Kuriwao Saddle Fen Complex

Description: Kuriwao Saddle Fen Complex | Type/Class: Fen

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Lake Tuakitoto Wetland

Description: A large lowland lake and adjoining swamp, near the coast north of the Clutha River/Mata-Au Mouth. Fed from the inflow of Lovells Creek at the northern end of the wetland. Best remaining example of a previously widespread wetland type | Type/Class: Swamp

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Lake Wilkie Swamp

Description: A wetland on the coastal terrace behind Tautuku Beach and part of the lower Tautuku River Valley | Type/Class: Swamp

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Lenz Reserve Wetlands

Description: Swamp/bog wetlands within the Lenz Private Scenic Reserve, 34 km South of Owaka, in the Fleming River Valley | Type/Class: Swamp and marsh

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Loch Loudon Fen Complex

Description: Complex of wetland gullies draining into Loch Loudon | Type/Class: Fen

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Loch Luella Fen Complex

Description: Red tussock (Chionochloa rubra) wetland, swamps and ponds on the floodplain of the upper Pioneer Stream, south of the western arm of Lake Mahinerangi, and draining into Loch Luella | Type/Class: Fen and Swamp

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Macfarlane Road Oxbow Swamp

Description: Macfarlane Road Oxbow Swamp | Type/Class: Swamp

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Maclennan River Podocarp Swamp Complex

Description: Riparian white pine/kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides), silver beech (Nothofagus menziesii) forest and niggerhead/pūkio (Carex secta) swamp adjacent to Maclennan River | Type/Class: Swamp and Marsh

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Malones Dam Margins

Description: Malones Dam Margins | Type/Class: Swamp

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Marana Swamp

Description: Marana Swamp | Type/Class: Swamp

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Measly Beach Wetland Complex

Description: Measly Beach Wetland Complex | Type/Class: Swamp

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Molyneux Bay Swamp

Description: A moderately large rush and sedge swamp area near the mouth of the Clutha River/Mata-Au | Type/Class: Swamp

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Otanomomo Tuatiki Reserve

Description: A small pond and swamp area within the Otanomomo Tuatiki Scientific Reserve. The only reserved stand of alluvial plain podocarp (Podocarpus sp.) forest in the Otago Land District | Type/Class: Swamp

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Pomahaka River Oxbow Marsh (Dalvey School Road)

Description: One of several old river oxbows on eastern side of Pomahaka River | Type/Class: Marsh

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Pomahaka River Oxbow Marsh (Koi Creek)

Description: Pomahaka River Oxbow Marsh (Koi Creek) | Type/Class: Marsh

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Ratanui Swamp

Description: Swamp area at the edge of the Catlins Lake and Estuary and located within the Catlins Lake Scenic Reserve | Type/Class: Swamp

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Rocky Hill Tidal Marshes

Description: An area of wetland including marsh and river terrace plant communities on both sides of the Taieri River, about 3 km from its mouth | Type/Class: Tidal marsh

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Samson Hill Marshes

Description: Samson Hill Marshes | Type/Class: Marsh and Swamp

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Stirling Marsh Complex

Description: Stirling Marsh Complex | Type/Class: Marsh, fen

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Stuarts Marsh

Description: Stuarts Marsh | Type/Class: Marsh

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Tahakopa Bay Podocarp Swamp

Description: Swamp forests within Tahakopa Bay Scenic Reserve, inland of Tahakopa Bay, between the lower Maclennan River and the coast | Type/Class: Forest Swamp

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Tahakopa Marsh Complex

Description: Tahakopa Marsh Complex | Type/Class: Marsh

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Tahakopa River Bogs

Description: Estuarine swamp, saltmarsh and rush/sedge/flax/podocarp (Podocarpus sp.) bog above the coastal marine area near mouth of Tahakopa River, adjacent to Papatowai township | Type/Class: Swamp, Bog and Tidal Marsh

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Tautuku River Mouth Marsh

Description: A large area of wetlands on the coastal terrace behind Tautuku Beach and part of the lower Tautuku River Valley | Type/Class: Marsh and Swamp

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Tokomairiro River Swamp

Description: Areas of rush/sedge/flax fresh water swamp adjacent to the Tokomairiro Estuary and the main river channel landward of the coastal marine area boundary | Type/Class: Swamp

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Trig Y Bogs

Two lowland valley floor wetlands at close distance (300 m) from each other. The western-most wetland is predominantly a raised bog wetland, but has a fen character where water flows between two peat domes. The western side of this wetland is bounded by cultivated land, while a tributary of the Mokoreta River flows along the eastern margin. The eastern wetland is a slightly raised bog but varies in composition. This wetland is currently surrounded by a row of mature pine trees and the wetland and trees are fenced to exclude stock.

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Two Stone Hill Stream Swamp

Description: Two Stone Hill Stream Swamp | Type/Class: Swamp

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Upper Tahakopa Swamps

Description: Upper Tahakopa Swamps | Type/Class: Swamp

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Wairepo Creek Marsh Complex

Description: Wairepo Creek Marsh Complex | Type/Class: Marsh

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Willowburn Bog

Description: Willowburn Bog | Type/Class: Bog

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Coutts Gully Swamp

Description: Fresh–brackish water swamp near mouth of Duckbend Creek, southwest of mouth of Taieri River | Type/Class: Swamp

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Three Stones Fen Complex

Description: Palustrine wetland complex made up of eight areas of red tussock dominated fen | Type/Class: Fen

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Waipori/Waihola Wetland Complex

Description: The wetland complex consists of two large shallow lakes, Waipori (220 ha) and Waihola (640 ha) and an extensive system of lagoons, ponds, vegetated islands, channels and swamps, situated on the lower Taieri Plain, 30 km south-west of Dunedin. Inflows are from the Waipori River, the Meggatburn, Boundary Creek and several man made drains. The wetlands drain into the Waipori River, then into the Taieri River. Type/Class: Swamp

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