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Tawa forest

Tawa forest

This is a remnant of pre-European conifer–broadleaf forest at Ōtari–Wilton’s Bush in Wellington city. Rimu and northern rātā emerge above a canopy of tawa.

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Photograph by Alastair McLean

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John Dawson. 'Conifer–broadleaf forests', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
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