kauri grass

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kauri grass

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A species of grass, Astelia trinervia, endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand.

Kauri grass is common in kauri forests in the north of the North Island and reappears in west Nelson in the South Island.2000, John Dawson, Nature Guide to the New Zealand Forest, Godwit, published 2025, page 199:

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