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Story: Shrublands

Kānuka woodland, Bendigo

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Kānuka woodland, Bendigo

In the driest regions of New Zealand, such as these rocky slopes at Bendigo in Central Otago, kānuka forms a permanent low open woodland. Elsewhere in New Zealand, kānuka scrub is invaded by other trees, eventually leading to mixed broadleaf forest or beech forest.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Shrublands – Shrublands of dry country, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14536/kanuka-woodland-bendigo (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.