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There is a wide variety of native trees, adapted to all the various micro-climates in New Zealand. The native bush ( forest ) ranges from the subtropical kauri forests of the northern North Island , temperate rainforests of the West Coast , the alpine forests of the Southern Alps and Fiordland to the coastal forests of the Abel Tasman National ...
These two trees have become tourist attractions because of their size and accessibility. Tane Mahuta, named after the Māori forest god , is the biggest existing kauri with a girth of 13.77 metres (45.2 feet), a trunk height of 17.68 metres (58.0 feet), a total height of 51.2 metres (168 feet) [ 38 ] and a total volume including the crown of ...
Planchonella costata is a small coastal tree native to the northern North Island (New Zealand) and to Norfolk Island ().In New Zealand, its common name is tawapou (Māori: "tawāpou"); on Norfolk Island it is called bastard ironwood.
Cordyline pumilio is the smallest of New Zealand's five native species of Cordyline.Of the other species, the commonest are the common cabbage tree (C. australis), a tree up to 20 metres (66 feet) tall with a stout trunk and sword-like leaves, the forest cabbage tree (C. banksii) which has a slender, sweeping trunk, and the mountain cabbage tree (C. indivisa), a handsome plant with a trunk up ...
Plantation forests of various sizes can now be found in all regions of New Zealand except Central Otago and Fiordland. In 2006 their total area was 1.8 million hectares, with 89% in Pinus radiata and 5% in Douglas fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii ) [ 4 ] Log harvesting in 2006 was 18.8 million m 3 , down from 22.5 million m 3 in 2003.
Papua New Guinea Note: all the references to this species are historical accounts – there is no currently known living klinki of this height. [34] [35] [36] White Knight Manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) 88.9 292 Australia Fingal, Tasmania This tree has died, the likely cause being more frequent heatwaves and reduced rainfall. [37] [38] [39]
Araucaria heterophylla (synonym A. excelsa) is a species of conifer.As its vernacular name Norfolk Island pine (or Norfolk pine) implies, the tree is endemic to Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia.
There are "about 200 trees and shrubs" in the genus located in neighbouring parts of the world. Countries with the same genus found include; Africa, Australia, some Pacific islands, southern & eastern Asia, and New Zealand. [10] A reason for this endemic occurrence is due to the isolation of New Zealand over a long period of time. [11]