Bush Walk & Talk 5

The final tree that I learnt to recognise on our walk was the kahikatea or white pine. The most distinctive feature of this tree is the striped bark.



But when the tree matures, the striped bark disappears, and it's easy for an amateur (like me) to mistake the tree for a kauri, thanks to its size.



The shiny bronze leaves of a kauri tree are quite distinctive but that's not much use when the leaves of both trees are so high up in the air!