New Zealand Plants

11009-09304 Haasts buttercup (Ranunculus haastii) a stout, fleshy, glaucous, summer green perennial herb with large seed head. Restricted to the South Island, on the eastern side of the Main Divide, from southern Marlborough south through Canterbury to the Ben Ohau Range. Lives in the high alpine zone, inhabiting fine-grained shingle-slide screes. Porters Pass, Canterbury *

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11009-09304 Haasts buttercup (Ranunculus haastii) a stout, fleshy, glaucous, summer green perennial herb with large seed head. Restricted to the South Island, on the eastern side of the Main Divide, from southern Marlborough south through Canterbury to the Ben Ohau Range. Lives in the high alpine zone, inhabiting fine-grained shingle-slide screes. Porters Pass, Canterbury *

mountain scree lily red deer browse damage hare tahr thar chamois introduced ungulates