Farm Forestry New ZealandSoil drainage - Moderately poor draining (Water table >0.5m below ground level )
Species:
- Acacia - Blackwood
- Indigenous species - Totara
- Indigenous species - Kahikatea
- Poplar - Kawa poplar
- Poplar - Veronese poplar
- Redwood - Coast redwood
- Willow - Moutere willow
- Willow - Tangoio willow
These soils can have the water table near the surface for short periods after heavy rain and during winter wet periods. The water table subsides between rain events and over summer months can be fairly deep. These soils are slow to drain but do drain.
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