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Kaikawaka

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Kaikawaka

Kaikawaka or mountain cedar has a strong conical form and often grows with a spiralled trunk.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Conifers – Woody cone bearers: kauri and cypress, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12650/kaikawaka (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.