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The lowland raised bogs of New Zealand are unique because they are characterized not by sphagnum and ericaceous species, but by tall, dense swards of rush-like plants belonging to the southern hemisphere family Restionaceae. There are two main restiad bog species: the smaller, Empodisma minus(henceforth called Empodisma), is found throughout New Zealand (it also occurs in eastern Australia) and is the major raised bog peat former; the larger restiad, Sporadanthus traversii s.l.(henceforth called Sporadanthus), is now of limited northern North Island distribution only, and the bogtype in which it grows is a threatened ecosystem. (Nomenclature follows Allan (1961), Moore and Edgar (1976), Connor and Edgar (1987), Webb et al. (1988), and Fife (1995). Sporadanthus traversii s.s.grows only on Chatham Island, 800 km east of South Island.)
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Clarkson, B.R., Thompson, K., Schipper, L.A., McLeod, M. (1999). Moanatuatua Bog—Proposed Restoration of a New Zealand Restiad Peat Bog Ecosystem. In: Streever, W. (eds) An International Perspective on Wetland Rehabilitation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4683-8_13
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