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… to 800–900 m and in many places invaded areas where beech forest had been cleared. Large areas of induced low-tussock … the high country of both Islands, sometimes above forest. At lower levels tall tussock may be found on coastal … and a well protected growing point enabling it to survive forest fires. In inland North Otago a snow-tussock community …
… rocks of which are peridotite and serpentine. A luxuriant forest of southern beech suddenly ceases on the serpentine … probable that the eastern slopes may have been covered by forest, later destroyed by fires both by Maoris and early … has changed but little. There is still the luxuriant rain forest, with the beech forest further south. The tree limit …
… Department (Naval Research Laboratory), the New Zealand Forest Service, and the Department of Health (the National …
… properties. Sticta coronata , which is found mainly on forest trees and shrubs and sometimes measures more than a …
… and most of the country is covered with dense native forest. …
… about 11 weeks. Kiwis are semi-nocturnal; they inhabit forest and semi-pastoral lands. Though commonly believed to … present in fair numbers in those large expanses of native forest still remaining, and they even show signs of adapting …
… particular, is extremely tame. Robins occur in the central forested areas of the North Island and are nowhere abundant, … for about 18 days. Robin habitat is usually tall native forest, though nowadays it may sometimes include plantations … of introduced pines. Manuka scrub in the vicinity of forest may also be occupied. The clear sustained song, with …
… gorges cut in flat sheets of volcanic rock covered by pine forests on the east bank, and by scrub-covered land recently … west bank. Lakes Maraetai and Whakamaru flooded part of the forest. Up stream from Whakamaru dam, the lake is flanked by … a jumbled pile of coalescing volcanic domes covered by pine forest. The low, rolling country forming the north-eastern …
… the world in search of shipbuilding timbers. As the forests of Britain had been sadly depleted, ships travelled … The story of this early exploitation of the northern kauri forests is an epic one. The kauri trade both to overseas and … This amount declined to a negligible quantity as native forests were cleared for farming and timber supplies grew …
… crops, and plants generally. They are troublesome in forest trees and in milled timber, and in stored products …