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Hall’s tōtara

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Hall’s tōtara

Hall’s or mountain tōtara is usually a smaller tree than its lowland relative, the true tōtara. It grows at higher altitudes and on poorer soils. The thin, scaly bark (inset) helps to distinguish it from tōtara.

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Reference: 10049505 (main); 10050398 (inset)

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Maggy Wassilieff, Conifers – Tōtara group, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12661/halls-totara (accessed 8 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.