Mature kauri trees form an emergent layer over the broadleaf-podocarp canopy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northland temperate kauri forests] Reference

Mixed podocarp/beech forest grows around the terraced coastal fringes of Waitutu in the south east of the region.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fiordland temperate forests] Reference

This region has a diverse range of habitats from high alpine areas and tussock herbfields to lowland podocarp forests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northland temperate forests] Reference

This region contains over half of New Zealand's remaining lowland podocarp/broadleaf forest, the majority of this in the south.    From Wordnik.com.  [Westland temperate forests] Reference

Today, remnant patches of natural vegetation consist mostly of podocarp and juniper forests, with some acacias found at lower elevations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ethiopian montane forests] Reference

Catlins Forest Park contains rimu-dominant podocarp forest, as well as New Zealand's southernmost stand of silver beech (Nothofagus menziesii).    From Wordnik.com.  [Southland temperate forests] Reference

The forest cover is primarily beech (Nothofagus spp) at higher altitudes, with podocarp/broadleaf or podocarp/beech associations in sheltered sites.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northland temperate forests] Reference

In all, 14 podocarp species occur in the South-West (10 of them being forest trees) and their distribution is strongly controlled by landform, soil and climatic factors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand] Reference

The country's largest populations of endemic yellow-crowned parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps is found in the South-West's tall lowland beech forests and dense podocarp forests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand] Reference

Its forest relative, the kaka N. meridionalis, is found most abundantly in the beech/podocarp forests of southern South Westland and south-east Fiordland, particularly Waitutu.    From Wordnik.com.  [Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand] Reference

Other landforms and ecosystems in protected areas include beech and podocarp forests, braided rivers, lakes, coastal wetlands, inland salt pans, geothermal areas, and enclosed bay shorelines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands] Reference

The montane beech or beech/podocarp forests that fringe most of the Alps and line the lower elevation passes through the mountains provide important habitat for two globably threatened endemic birds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southland montane grasslands] Reference

The foothills from north to south were covered in beech forest (Nothofagus spp.), while the plains were covered with mixed beech-podocarp forest dominated by matai (Prumnoptitys taxifolia) and totara (Podocarpus totara).    From Wordnik.com.  [Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands] Reference

To the south, there are dense podocarp forests and in the west, mountain beech (Northofagus solandri cliffortioides) or beech/podocarp forest grows along with great expanses of fire-induced red tussocks below the treeline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northland temperate forests] Reference

Closer to the main divide more mesic species are found growing in the understory and on the western side of the Alps there are also areas of mixed silver beech/podocarp forest and mixed rata (Metrosideros umbellata)/podocarp forest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southland montane grasslands] Reference

Tall podocarp trees (rimu, miro, Hall's totara) then succeed and the end point of this sequence can be found on the higher glacial outwash surfaces (around 25,000 years old); here the extremely leached, infertile soils can only support a stunted heath and bog vegetation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand] Reference

These were once dominated by the major podocarp species: rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), miro (Podocrpus ferrugineus), matai (Podocarpus spicatus), totara (Podocarpus totara), and kahikatea (Dacryacrpus dacrydioides).    From Wordnik.com.  [Northland temperate forests] Reference

The vegetation ranges from tall mixed silver beech/podocarp/broadleaved forest on the lower terraces (50-100 m altitude), through mountain beech/podocarp woodland at mid-altitudes (300-400 m), to mosaics of dwarf manuka/mountain beech/podocarp shrubland and cushion bog on the higher and older terraces (600 m).    From Wordnik.com.  [Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand] Reference