At lower elevations and on terraces, rimu and miro are common. Hall’s tōtara is more common at higher elevations. In the northernmost parts of this ecosystem, silver beech is patchy, but elsewhere it grows alongside a mix of kāmahi, southern rātā, broadleaf, fuchsia, mountain beech and pōkākā. Mountain beech and pōkākā are particularly common on more poorly drained soils. This ecosystem type is most common across terraces and lower hill slopes in high-rainfall climates of Westland and Fiordland from about the Mahitahi River south.

The expected natural range of Hall’s tōtara-miro-rimu/kāmahi-silver beech-southern rātā forest is 388,586 hectares.

Common native species, photos courtesy of NZ Plant Conservation Network: