Open AccessDEVELOPMENT OF SCRUB GUMLANDS
Author(s) -
C. E. Ballinger
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1953.15.1012
Subject(s) - vegetation (pathology) , earth science , fern , geology , environmental science , soil water , geography , agroforestry , ecology , soil science , biology , medicine , pathology
In considering the development of scrub gumlands in Northland, it must be borne in mind that the term gumland covers a wide range of podsolised soil types derived from a variety of sedimentary soils, and if the presence of gum holes and a strongly leached soil allows land to be classed as gumland, the term could be extended to some mature soil types derived from volcanic dolerite. The vegetation on the gumlands is mainly manuka scrub, fern, and varieties of rushes and sedges. Frequent burning has prevented regeneration of other species