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Mataī bark

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Mataī bark

Mataī trees are recognised from the trunk’s hammered appearance, which is the result of chunks of bark flaking off.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Conifers – Mataī and miro: the plum pines, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12670/matai-bark (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.