 Shrubs cloth the lower slopes and species for "Melastoma", "Rhodomyrtus", "Baeckea", "Eurya" and "Gordonia" are commonly found.Natural woodland, often in strips along the valleys or as patches behind villages are rich in native species of "Machilus", "Litsea", "Sapium", "Ficus", "Sterculia" and "Schefflera".Forest plantations, the result of both direct government planting and government-assisted village planting in the 1950s cover the hillslopes, are mostly in the western part of the Peninsula.