Browsing items filed under: Partial Shade × Wetland/Bog × Carex secta Purei Found in swampy areas throughout NZ. Carex solandrii Sedge Sedge found in damp areas throughout NZ. Carex trifida Sedge Larges growing sedge with bluish/green foliage suitable for damp areas Cordyline australis Cabbage tree, ti kouka One of our best known and distinctive trees found throughout the country. Cyathea medullaris Mamaku, black ponga Tallest of the tree ferns Cyathea smithii Soft tree fern Found throughout NZ in moist soils. Distinguishes itself from other tree fern species because of its 'skirt' of dead fronds that hang from the top of the plant. Dacrycarpus dacrydioides Kahikatea, white pine. Found both North and South Island in damp swampy areas. Ptisana salicina Marratia salicinia, King fern, para Stunning fern with tropical appearance now rare in the wild due to decimation by wild pigs and goats.