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Subalpine vegetation

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Subalpine vegetation

New Zealand mountains have many plants that are unique to the country. On these mountain slopes in the Te Anau area of Fiordland National Park, subalpine scrub grows above the treeline. The plant in the foreground is Dracophyllum menziesii.

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Andy Dennis, Mountains – Alpine plants and animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14317/subalpine-vegetation (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Andy Dennis, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.