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Taupata as a tree and a shrub

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Taupata as a tree and a shrub

Depending on conditions, some trees can adopt a shrub form. On exposed coasts taupata grows as a sprawling shrub (left), although its usual habit in less exposed sites is as a small tree (right).

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Maggy Wassilieff, Shrublands – New Zealand’s shrublands and scrub, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14513/taupata-as-a-tree-and-a-shrub (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.