Story: Ecoregions
Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) dominates the canopy of this swamp forest at Waitangiroto Lagoon in Westland. High rainfall and a mild climate ensure that the natural cover of large parts of the West Coast lowland is rainforest.
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Department of Conservation
Reference: 10038716
Photograph by Les Molloy
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