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Podocarpus nivalis (Alpine Totara; Mountain totara; Snow totara)

Synonyms: Nageia nivalis (homotypic); Podocarpus montanus; Podocarpus nivalis var. erectus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Podocarpus nivalis (mountain or snow totara) is a species of conifer in the Podocarpaceae family.It is found only in New Zealand. It grows in the mountains and subalpine lands from 37° to the far south New Zealand about 46° South Latitude. Up to 5 m (16 ft) tall.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Dioecious
Hazards [1]  Superficially similar to Taxus species, but this plant is definitely not poisonous;
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Structure [1]  Shrub
Usage [1]  Plants have a sprawling habit, the branches rooting as they grow, and can be grown as a tall ground cover; They are best spaced about 1.2 metres apart;
Height [1]  9.84 feet (3 m)
Width [1]  16.4 feet (5 m)
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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Atkinson, I.A.E.; Merton, D.V. 2006. Habitat and diet of kakapo (Strigops habroptilis) in the Esperance Valley, Fiordland, New Zealand. Notornis 53(1): 37-54
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0