Identification of Plant Fragments and Pollen from Peat deposits in Rangitaiki Plains and Maketu Basins

Abstract

In the Rangitaiki plains and Maketu basins peat deposits, containing dated tephra marker beds (900–5000 yr B.P.), were sampled for plant remains and pollen. The peat is mainly low–moor, sedge peat formed from Baumea. In wetter periods Restionaceae established, and in drier periods Leptospermum and Gleichenia