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… which the native pigeon feeds and fattens. It is a softwood forest tree growing up to 90 ft high and 1 to 3 ft through … top of short, curved peduncles. Miro is found in lowland forests throughout North, South, and Stewart Islands. It is a scattered forest tree, the crowns of which join others, like rimu ( …
… – one is a liane. The fourth, F. excorticata , is a small forest tree which grows to about 30 ft high. It occurs … Auckland Island. It is common in lowland to lower montane forest, especially along margins and in damp valleys. Groves … dark, wet valleys are a typical feature of steep mountain forest. Bark is light brown, thin and flaking, and readily …
… The most commonly known species is H. populnea , a smallish forest tree about 30 ft or more tall occurring in coastal to lowland forest from North Cape to about latitude 38° S. It prefers forest margins and open places. Leaves are up to 5 or 6 in. …
… and dense. The tree is a conifer belonging to a group of forest trees, which includes the genus Podocarpus , that is widely represented in highland forests in countries on the west side of the Pacific. In the … awl-shaped. Rimu is the most widespread of all New Zealand forest trees, occurring throughout the North, South, and …
… ( Libocedrus plumosa, L. bidwillii ). These two medium-sized forest trees belong to the coniferous family Cupressaceae … to New Caledonia and New Zealand. Kawaka occurs in lowland forest from Northland to the centre of the North Island and … of the South Island, while pahautea occurs typically in wet forest at higher altitudes from about Auckland southwards. …
… Dacrydium colensoi ). Silver pine is a smallish, coniferous forest tree growing to heights of 50–60 ft and with … It is confined to some wet and boggy lowland and montane forest for nearly the whole length of the North and South … in boggy areas but is usually scattered amongst other forest trees. It is commonest in the forests growing on the …
… There were at one time schools of forestry in the universities both at Auckland and at Christchurch; these have been closed for many years. The Forest Service itself conducts some forms of instruction or in-service training, and there is a Forest Research Institute at Rotorua; but it relies mainly …
… of which there are 911, totalling 61,324 acres. Under the Forests Act of 1949, State forest land may be set apart as forest sanctuaries to …
… support the highest densities. Generally, bats are seen at forest margins, in cleared areas adjoining forest, or over rivers, lakes, swamps, etc., when these are near forest. The reduction in bat distribution during the last …
… cover of the New Zealand land mass before the human era was forest, tussock grasses, and sparsely covered or bare … lands. Through the replacement of vast areas of the forests by introduced grasses, many endemic species of … some species which tend to a subapterous condition. The forested areas provide a multitude of different ecological …