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NZ doesn't have a tropical climate, though it does have rain forests, the main one being at the base of the South Island where rain fall gets measured in feet per rain fall.
Technically, a rainforest is a forest with a very mixed species of vegetation. It does not have to be wet.
Washington state is fairly wet, but with a substantial conifer monoculture, no one would call it a rainforest.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoYep - it does rain. I live in Wanaka among the mountains, and we have a rainfall of about 900mm per year. Haast Pass right on the mountain divide, but only 600m asl, gets 3600mm/year. And Alexandra about 100 km further downvalley than us gets less than 400mm /year. So it is quite variable.
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∙ 13y agoYes, we have the nikau palm. Rhopalostylis sapida, it is found In North and South Islands, and on the Chatham Island, but not Stewart Island. The southernmost limit is Dusky Bay in Fiordland. It is a lowland tree, found in rainforest. The leaves were found useful by Maori and pioneers as a roof thatch.
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∙ 13y agoTo my knowledge there are no nominated Rainforests in New Zealand, but in the North Island, the Tararua Ranges, and the Ruahine Ranges would qualify. Plus probably a few others.
In the South Island, pretty well all of the West Coast from Nelson Province down to Fiordland would be rainforest, and including inland to the watershed of the Southern Alps. In parts the rainfall is measured in metres per year.
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∙ 14y agoWe don't have tropical rainforests here, but we do have Temperate Rainforests. There are two that I know of: Westland and Fiordland Temperate Forests.
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∙ 11y agoThere are quite large areas of original native forest in New Zealand. In addition there are extensive plantations of exotic trees, principally Pinus radiata.
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Are palm trees native to New Zealand?
There is a species of puha native to New Zealand. It is Sonchus kirkii, sometimes called NZ sowthistle or Coastal puha. Quite different from the introduced variety you often find as a unwanted weed in your garden.
Can you find palm trees in the desert?
No because bamboo needs lost of water it can only be found below the tundra boime.
Does Canada have palm trees?
Does canada have any trees
Are there palm trees in France?
No
Do palm trees grow in desert?
yes one example is the date palm
What New Zealand trees start with n?
Nikau (a palm tree)
What biome are palm trees in?
Palm trees grow in warm weather places such as california or florida. cold places like New York and NewJersey do not grow palm trees.
What places can are tropical trees found?
palm
What are the trees found in warm areas?
Palm trees and mangrove trees (near warm water).
What types of plants can be found at the beach?
Palm trees
How do royal palm trees contribute to the environment?
palm tree is a plant that found in gardens.
Why cant palm trees live in the tundra?
No. Palm trees are found in tropical areas, while parts of the arctic are part of the tundra biome.
Fossil palm trees found in Wyoming means what?
There was a worldwide flood
What is the collective for palm trees?
The collective noun for palm trees is a grove of palm trees.
Where do most trees grow?
Over two-thirds of the palm trees in the world are found in tropical forests. The remaining one-third of the worldâ??s palm trees lives in subtropical regions.
What is palm savanna?
I beleive a palm savanna is an open, grassland-type, ecosystem where there are many scattered palm trees. For example, a Bismarckia palm savanna is found in Madagascar.
Are palm trees native to all warm places?
Yes. No, but they can grow in many of them. Palm trees are not native to Phoenix, for example, but are now found all over the area.
