Kauri Trees, Waipoua Forest.in stereoscopic formatby John Wattie |
Mingimingi seedling : growing from a moss covered bank in the Kauri forest.
Giant Kauri tree: Tane Mahuta, in the Waipoua Forest, Northland. 51.5m high.
Cathedral Grove: huge Kauri trees, 30 minutes walk into the Waipoua Forest
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Mingimingi seedling growing on the Rickers track, Waipoua forest. A ricker is a young Kauri tree which has a conical shape and grows tall, with branches all the way up its trunk. Young in Kauri terms means up to 100 years old. |
The mature Kauri has no branches on the trunk, which is straight and massive. The branches gradually fall off, starting at the bottom, so a big Kauri has a mound of debris at its base. The remaining branches form a crown at the top of the column. In the Cathedral Grove, the crowns of numerous Kauri trees make a canopy, which is like the roof of a cathedral, supported by the column-like trunks. |
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Giant Kauri Tree.
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Wrong spellings: Waipua and Waiopua forest.
