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3 unusual facts about Nelson Coast temperate forest


Nelson Coast temperate forest

In the less fertile rocks areas there are yellow pine (Halocarpus biformis) and Dracophyllums including the endemic D. townsonii and the mountain neinei (D. traversii).

The alpine plants found here including Celmisia dallii occur as these peaks, along with Fiordland at the southern end of the island, were a high-altitude refuge from the effects of the last ice age.

The ares is also rich in invertebrates including almost half of the know species of amber snails (Powelliphanta).



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