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Rainforest

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Rainforest

The temperate climate of Abel Tasman National Park encourages the growth of lush rainforest. These tree ferns and southern beech trees fringe a coastal inlet in the park.

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Nancy Swarbrick, National parks – Upper South Island parks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/14442/rainforest (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 August 2015.