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Kōrero: Conifers

Needle-leaved tōtara

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Needle-leaved tōtara

Needle-leaved tōtara is a shrub or small tree of fertile soils in the northern part of the South Island. Its narrow leaves, up to 2.5 centimetres long, have needle-like tips.

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by Iona Wassilieff

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Maggy Wassilieff, Conifers – Tōtara group, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12665/needle-leaved-totara (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.