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Creeping herbs

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Creeping herbs

A carpet of creeping herbs grows on Lake Wairarapa’s shallower eastern side. The lake rises and falls seasonally, allowing small turf plants to grow on the edge. They are submerged in winter and exposed in summer.

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Ben Schrader, Wairarapa places – Wairarapa lakes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12052/creeping-herbs (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 2 March 2009, updated 11 June 2015.