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Cushion field, Waituna lagoon

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Cushion field, Waituna lagoon

Cushion fields usually develop in alpine and subantarctic bogs, but this one is near sea level on the exposed Southland coast. It consists of mounds of low-growing Donatia novae-zelandiae.

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by Peter Johnson

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Peter Johnson, Wetlands – Reeds, rushes, sedges and low growers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14348/cushion-field-waituna-lagoon (accessed 5 June 2026).

Story by Peter Johnson, published 1 March 2009.