Oyster Island images

Oyster Island location and what it was like before Nov. 2007 (logging)

2008
A list of the plants we found along the transect (March 2008)

Lots of grass and a little bit of the following...
Nightshade
Iceplant
Bracken
Blackberry
Ngaio
Akeake
Tree lucerne

A list of the birds we saw: Seagull, Oystercatcher, Godwits, Herons, Shag, Blackback gull, Stilts, Fantail (v. few)

[very few birds inland, almost all were shore birds]

2009
A list of the plants we found along the transect (March 2009)

Common = in every section, at least 25%
Scattered = in some sections, up to 10 plants
Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants

Grass full cover+
Nightshade nil
Iceplant nil
Bracken common
Blackberry nil
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne common

2010
A list of the plants we found along the transect (Sept 2010)
Common = in every section, at least 25%
Scattered= in some sections, up to 10 plants
Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants

Grass scattered
Nightshade nil
Iceplant nil
Bracken scattered
Blackberry nil
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne common+/full cover

2011
A list of the plants we found along the transect (Aug 2011)
Common = in every section, at least 25%
Scattered= in some sections, up to 10 plants
Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants

Grass scattered
Nightshade nil
Iceplant nil
Bracken scattered
Blackberry nil
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne common+/full cover/dominant

How does tree lucerne effect the environment? (in the first pic one looks cool, three look like they are suffering from heat stress!)
So what? (hint: it is an introduced plant, like the pines, but it has been allowed/encouraged to grow)

2012
A list of the plants we found along the transect (March 2012)
Common = in every section, at least 25%
Scattered= in some sections, up to 10 plants
Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants

Grass scattered
Nightshade nil
Iceplant nil
Bracken scattered
Blackberry nil
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne common+/full cover/dominant

2013 March

August 2013
lots of native birds heard on the island this trip!

February 2014
a few native birds heard on the island this trip!