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Snow tōtara

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Snow tōtara

Snow tōtara is a low-growing, spreading shrub of mountain regions. It often forms patches several metres wide.

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by Iona Wassilieff

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Maggy Wassilieff, Conifers – Tōtara group, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12666/snow-totara (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.