Story: Shrublands All images & media From page 1 – New Zealand’s shrublands and scrub Distribution of shrublands Taupata as a tree and a shrub Divaricating growth form Adaptive leaf forms – leathery leaves (1st of 4) Scale-like leaves (2nd of 4) Leaves held within the plant (3rd of 4) Needle leaves (4th of 4) Mixed shrubland, Wellington south coast From page 2 – Lowland and hill country shrublands Mānuka shrubland, Farewell Spit Broadleaved shrubland, Wright Hill, Wellington Tauhinu shrubland, west Wellington Gorse scrub, south Wellington From page 3 – Mountain shrublands Mountain shrublands, Mt Stokes Tussock–shrubland, Blue Mountains, West Otago Leatherwood scrub, southern Ruahine Range Muttonbird scrub, Snares Island (1st of 2) Buller’s albatrosses nesting below Olearia lyallii (2nd of 2) Scotch heather, Tongariro National Park From page 4 – Shrublands of dry country Kānuka woodland, Bendigo Matagouri spines Matagouri associates – mingimingi (1st of 2) Coral broom (2nd of 2) Sweet briar rosehips Grey scrub, Central Otago From page 5 – Heathlands Tussock–shrublands, Kahurangi National Park Mānuka seed capsules Gumland vegetation, Kaikino valley, Northland Heathland, Tongariro National Park Pakihi heathland, Ōkarito From page 6 – Importance of shrublands Fungus associate of mānuka Marlborough green gecko on mānuka Karamū berries Landslides in cleared country Mānuka chipping
