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Kōrero: Wetlands

Cushion field, Waituna lagoon

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Cushion field, Waituna lagoon

Cushion fields usually develop in alpine and subantarctic bogs, but this one is near sea level on the exposed Southland coast. It consists of mounds of low-growing Donatia novae-zelandiae.

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by Peter Johnson

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Peter Johnson, Wetlands – Reeds, rushes, sedges and low growers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/14348/cushion-field-waituna-lagoon (accessed 5 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Johnson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.