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Kōrero: Conifers

Mountain toatoa

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Mountain toatoa

Mountain toatoa is a common shrub of subalpine and alpine habitats. Its phylloclades are bright green or blue-green. It often forms a wide-spreading bush, as its lower branches take root when they touch the ground, sending up new growth.

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by Christina Troup

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Maggy Wassilieff, Conifers – Celery pines, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12688/mountain-toatoa (accessed 4 June 2026).

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