
HIGH COUNTRY GRASSLANDS IN NEW ZEALAND: Their Characteristics and Problems
Author(s) -
L.P. Chapman
Publication year - 1956
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.1956.18.1057
Subject(s) - grassland , geography , arid , stock (firearms) , vegetation (pathology) , agriculture , agroforestry , soil water , growing season , range (aeronautics) , physical geography , environmental science , ecology , archaeology , medicine , materials science , pathology , soil science , composite material , biology
From the farming point of view the high country of the South Island of New Zealand is generally taken to mean all the high native grassland devoted to the growing of wool and store stock and subject to risk of Slidui. This covers some 12 million acres of country with a great variety of topography, climate, and soils, Rainfalls range from 1%. in the arid regions of Otago to over 100in. in the heavy rainfall areas close to the main ranges, and soils and vegetation vary accordingly. The winter is long and the growing season short, a maximum of 6 months in most districts.