| Paengaroa
Mainland Island is home
to some of New Zealand's rarest plant species. It also features divaricating
plants - strange botanical ugly ducklings.
Paengaroa is a special place for plants. Here you'll find many rare
species and more divaricating plants (strange botanical ugly ducklings)
than in any similarly sized area in New Zealand.
Paengaroa straddles the Hautapu River near the village of Mataroa,
northwest of Taihape in Wanganui.
Covering 107ha, and incorporating another 13ha of Railcorp land, this
scenic reserve was made a mainland island in 1990.
Link
www.doc.govt.nz/Conservation/Land/Mainland-Islands/Paengaroa/index.asp
Keyword
1990
Paengaroa
mainland island mainland
island Wanganui
Department
of Conservation
Updated 12/12/2007
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