Story: Conifers

Yellow silver pine

Yellow silver pine

Yellow silver pine is a small tree of infertile land. When young it has drooping branches similar to that of young rimu. It is one of the main trees in the swamp forests of Stewart Island, shown here.

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Photograph by Peter Moors

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Maggy Wassilieff, 'Conifers - Small conifers', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/12682/yellow-silver-pine (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 24 Sep 2007