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Story: Southern beech forest

Beech regeneration

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Beech regeneration

Regenerating beech clothes a massive landslip in the upper Buller Gorge, caused by the 1968 Īnangahua earthquake. The photos show the scene in 1968 (left) and 2007.

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Joanna Orwin, Southern beech forest – Ecology, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13314/beech-regeneration (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Joanna Orwin, published 1 March 2009.