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Kawaka foliage and bark

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Kawaka foliage and bark

Kawaka has flattened branchlets with closely set, scale-like leaves. The bark is like parchment, peeling away from the trunk in long, thin strips.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Conifers – Woody cone bearers: kauri and cypress, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12647/kawaka-foliage-and-bark (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.