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Dunedin District Wetlands

     

3.  Anderson Pond Margins
4. Aramoana Saltmarsh
9. Black Rock Marshes
16. Braeside Swamp
40. Ellison Saltmarsh
42. Fernhill Marsh
46. Fortification Stream Headwaters Swamp
53. Glyn Wye Wetland Management Area
55. Great Moss Swamp
58. Hawksbury Lagoon
60. Henley Swamp
61. Hoopers Inlet Swamp
66. Jennings Creek Marsh
68. Kaikorai Lagoon Swamp
79. Lamb Hill Fen Complex
89. Lower Otokia Creek Marsh
99. Maungatua Summit Wetland Management Area
100. McGregor Swamp
101. McKays Triangle Wetland
102. McLachlan Road Marsh
111. Murrays Road Inland Saline Wetland Management Area
114. Office Creek Seepage
115. Okia Flat Wetland Management Area
116. Old Dunstan Road Swamp
118. Otokia Swamp
120. Papanui Inlet Saltmarsh
122. Peat Moss Hills Fen Complex
128. Reefs Pond Margins
142. Sutton Salt Lake Wetland Management Area
143. Swampy Summit Swamp
147. Takitoa Swamp
149. Te Matai Marsh Complex
154. Tomahawk Lagoon
165. Waikouaiti River Estuary Wetland Complex
166. Waipori Boot Swamp
169. Whareakeake Marsh

     

 

Andersons Pond Margins

Swamp 2.4 km Northeast of intersection of George King Memorial Drive and Wehenga Road, Clarks Junction. Read more

Aramoana Saltmarsh

Saltmarsh and flax-dominated swamp areas, south of Moana Street and Aramoana Road, Aramoana. Read more

Black Rock Marshes

Marsh, 16 km East of Middlemarch; 1.5 km Southwest of Black Rock. Read more

Braeside Swamp

Swamp on Maungatua Road, 1.6 km Northeast of Waipori Falls Road, Berwick. Read more

Ellison Saltmarsh

Saltmarsh south of the intersection of Coast Road and Merton Station Road, Karitane. Read more

Fernhill Marsh

Marsh 2km Southeast of Sutton Read more

Fortification Stream Headwaters Swamp

Swamp 3 km Southeast of Wallance Ford Road and Mount Gowie Road, Clarks Junction. Read more

Glyn Wye Wetland Management Area

Medium turf ephemeral tarns on broad ridge crest, 6 km Northeast of Middlemarch. Read more

Great Moss Swamp

Remnant of a previously more extensive, 500-ha swamp flooded by the Loganburn Reservoir. Areas of red tussock (Chionochloa rubra), silver tussock (Poa cita), sedge tussock (Schoenus pauciflorus) and Sphagnum squarrosum. One of the few remaining subalpine swamp areas in the Rock and Pillar Ecological District. Read more

Hawksbury Lagoon

A shallow fresh-brackish water lagoon at the mouth of the river, adjacent to the town of Waikouaiti. Little tidal influence within the lagoon as a causeway along the channel entrance restricts the entry of seawater. Read more

Henley Swamp

Swamp South of the intersection of Allanton-Waihola Road and Henley-Berwick Road, Henley. Read more

Hoopers Inlet Swamp

Saltmarsh and swamp area behind Allans Beach on eastern side of Hooper’s Inlet. Read more

Jennings Creek Marsh

Marsh 2 km Northwesr of Aramoana Read more

Kaikorai Lagoon Swamp

A brackish water lagoon and extensive adjacent swamp/marsh areas at the mouth of the Kaikorai Stream. Read more

Lamb Hill Fen Complex

Areas of copper tussock wetland on gully floors in the southern part of Macraes Ecological District. “ Read more

Lower Otokia Creek Marsh

Marsh/Saltmarsh Northwest of the intersection of McIntosh Road and Sea View Road, Brighton. Read more

Maungatua Summit Wetland Management Area

Area containing cushion herb vegetation, Sphagnum sp. bogs, flushes and small tarns on the summit and western slopes of Maungatua overlooking Taieri Plains. Read more

McGregor Swamp

Swamp West of the intersection of Beach Street and Stewart Street, Waikouaiti. Read more

McKays Triangle Wetland

Wetland area on the Taieri Plain located 10 km south west of Mosgiel. Read more

McLachlan Road Marsh

Marsh Southeast of the intersection of Round Hill Road and McLachlan Road, Karitane. Read more

Murrays Road Inland Saline Wetland Management Area

A salt pan on gently sloping surface of the Tor Plateau land system, the pan grading into a small wet area at one end. Read more

Office Creek Seepage

Seepage 8 km Northwest of the intersection of Maungatua Road and Waipori Falls Road, Henley. Read more

Okia Flat Wetland Management Area

Dune hollows (permanently or periodically wet), wetland turf, bogs and ponds within the Okia Reserve, Okia Flat, Otago Peninsula. The best example of dune hollow vegetation in the Otago Coast Ecological Region. Read more

Old Dunstan Road Swamp

Swamp 6.5 km Northwest of the intersection of Old Dunstan Road and Rocklands Road, Clarks Junction. Read more

Otokia Swamp

h and sedge swamp adjacent to SH 1. Water levels fluctuate throughout the year. Adjacent land grazed. Read more

Papanui Inlet Saltmarsh

A small area on the northern edge of Papanui Inlet, comprising tidal salt meadow and saltmarsh. Read more

Peat Moss Hills Fen Complex

Fen and Seepage 8 km Southwest of the intersection of Ramrock Road and Townsend Road, Middlemarch. Read more

Reefs Pond Margins

Swamp 4 km Southeast of the intersection of Reefs Road and Barewood Road, Clarks Junction. Read more

Sutton Salt Lake Wetland Management Area

Salt Lake (2 ha, near Sutton) is a shallow saline lake on the southern edge of the Strath Taieri Plain. Swampy margins with succulent herb, rush and sedge vegetation. Part of Sutton Salt Lake Scenic Reserve (142 ha) which embraces other tarns, seepages, grassland and shrubland communities. “ Read more

Swampy Summit Swamp

Swampy areas and peat bogs with associated moss field, sedgeland and shrub communities on the flat plateau of Swampy Summit in the Silver Peaks area, west of Dunedin Read more

Takitoa Swamp

Large, flat, valley-floor wetland. Read more

Te Matai Marsh Complex

Marsh 1.8 km Northwest of the intersection of Dick Road and Weir Road, Portobello. Read more

Tomahawk Lagoon

Two shallow brackish water lagoons joined by a narrow channel and sharing a common sea outlet located on the outskirts of Dunedin, at the southern end of the Otago Peninsula. Sea outlet often blocked. Read more

Waikouaiti River Estuary Wetland Complex

Remnant saltmarsh above coastal marine area near mouth of Waikouaiti River. Also known as Mertons Swamp. Read more

Waipori Boot Swamp

An old oxbow of the Taieri River Read more

Wharekeake Marsh

Beach wetland forming part of a chain of coastal wetlands located north of Dunedin. Read more

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