The cabbage tree's links with the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana are captured here in primeval forest in South Westland. The cabbage trees provide a coastal fringe to ancient podocarps which also evolved in the Age of Dinosaurs.
PHILIP SIMPSON
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Forest and Bird, Issue 299, 1 February 2001, Page 4
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39The cabbage tree's links with the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana are captured here in primeval forest in South Westland. The cabbage trees provide a coastal fringe to ancient podocarps which also evolved in the Age of Dinosaurs. PHILIP SIMPSON Forest and Bird, Issue 299, 1 February 2001, Page 4
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