Travis Wetland

Travis Wetland is an important site for the local and regional conservation of wetland plants. Even though highly modified by human occupation, Travis Wetland as a whole still retains an important representation of Christchurch's former range of indigenous species.

Nearly 80 per cent of pre-European native wetland plant species are present in the wetland, including a number of species now rare on the Canterbury Plains. These include the only substantial stand of manuka, a species of spider orchid and a native sundew which are regionally vulnerable.

Fifty three species of birds (30 native species) including 77 per cent of the native freshwater wetland birds of lowland Canterbury have been recorded in the wetland.