Adaptations of Coastal Plants in New Zealand
New Zealand is a very narrow country, surrounded by water. Coastal area makes up over 7,000 kilometers of our land. The plants that inhabit the coasts of New Zealand live very harsh lives. There are many extreme elements of nature coastal plants have to face in order to survive. Over millions of years these plants have developed highly successful defence systems and adaptations in order to overcome problems coastal living entitles. Some of these problems include extreme temperatures, strong winds, seawater, tides, flood, drought and many other troubles. Pohutukawa, Mangroves, Toe, Toe, Flax, Cabbage trees, Puriri and Karaka are good examples of New Zealand plants that have successfully developed adaptations to counteract these elements.Pohutukawas are one of New Zealand’s most well renowned throughout the world. This is because of their stunning red flowers that cover the tree at Christmas time, hence the fact they have been nick named New Zealand’s Christmas tree. As well as looking stunning Pohutukawas are one of New Zealand’s sturdiest trees. The fact that Pohutukawas can be found throughout New Zealand, in some of the callous and harshest area of the coast automatically sign posts the Po
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Approximate Word count = 1996
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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