The mountain cedar, variously known as kaikawaka and pahautea, is a striking feature of the upper mountain forests, rising above the shrubs near the snowline on the eastern flanks of the mountain. The bare skeletons of many trees have been ascribed to harsh growing conditions, though possums are now known to feed on the growing points of these trees.
GORDON ELL, BUSH FILMS
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/FORBI20001101.2.28.5
Bibliographic details
Forest and Bird, Issue 298, 1 November 2000, Page 29
Word Count
63The mountain cedar, variously known as kaikawaka and pahautea, is a striking feature of the upper mountain forests, rising above the shrubs near the snowline on the eastern flanks of the mountain. The bare skeletons of many trees have been ascribed to harsh growing conditions, though possums are now known to feed on the growing points of these trees. GORDON ELL, BUSH FILMS Forest and Bird, Issue 298, 1 November 2000, Page 29
Using This Item
For material that is still in copyright, Forest & Bird have made it available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC 4.0). This periodical is not available for commercial use without the consent of Forest & Bird. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this magazine please refer to our copyright guide.
Forest & Bird has made best efforts to contact all third-party copyright holders. If you are the rights holder of any material published in Forest & Bird's magazine and would like to discuss this, please contact Forest & Bird at editor@forestandbird.org.nz
Log in