Ranunculus godleyanus. This large buttercup grows on screes and bluffs in the high Southern Alps only between Arthurs Pass and Mt Cook. It has been so devastated by tahr and chamois grazing that it is listed as vulnerable in the New Zealand Red Data book. Unlike the tahr, this species is found nowhere else in the world. Godley’s buttercup has recovered well in the last 10 years since tahr numbers have been dramatically reduced by helicopter hunting. Photograph: G. McSweeney
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Forest and Bird, Volume 15, Issue 2, 1 May 1984, Page 5
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80Ranunculus godleyanus. This large buttercup grows on screes and bluffs in the high Southern Alps only between Arthurs Pass and Mt Cook. It has been so devastated by tahr and chamois grazing that it is listed as vulnerable in the New Zealand Red Data book. Unlike the tahr, this species is found nowhere else in the world. Godley’s buttercup has recovered well in the last 10 years since tahr numbers have been dramatically reduced by helicopter hunting. Photograph: G. McSweeney Forest and Bird, Volume 15, Issue 2, 1 May 1984, Page 5
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