Warm Subpolar Belt: Herb-Field.

This is found mainly on the steeper slopes which are at the same time rather damp. The plants do not usually exceed 30 m. in height and are predominantly broad-leaved species. Astelia Cockaynei is occasionally dominant, but more frequently one of the following: Anisotome dissecta, Celmisia spectabilis, C. hieracifolia, Senecio lagopus, Leucogenes leontopodium, Raoulia grandiflora, or Pentachondra pumila. Chrysobactron Hookeri, Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium, Senecio Bidwillii and other herb-field plants are more or less common. Certain species of Dicranoloma and Rhacomitrium are generally plentiful on the ground.

On more exposed situations, such as rocks, especially on windward slopes, grey-green cushions of Raoulia rubra, together with the vivid green ones of Phyllachne Colensoi are conspicuous. Among the shorter herbs, Plantago Brownii, Caltha novae-zealandiae, Drapetes Dieffenbachii, Epilobium pedunculare and Carex acicularis are common, and of grasses Deyeuxia setifolia and Poa Colensoi, the latter even in abundance.