Tongariro plants animals

The Tongariro National Park is a harsh and unstable in parts. habitat in the north and west of the park covers an area of 30 square kilometers to an altitude of 1000 meters with stone Eiben rainforest. Here we find the Hall’s Totara (Podocarpus hallii), the New Zealand Warzeneibe (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides), the Buntlaubigen Kamahibaum (Weinmannia racemosa) and the Pahautea (Libocedrus bidwillii), and a variety of epiphytic ferns, orchids and mushrooms.

The Pahautea covered even higher altitudes up to 1530 meters, an additional area of 127.3 square meters. Furthermore you can find in this altitude a 50 square kilometer large beech with bogus Red Book (Nothofagus fusca), Silver Certificate beech (Nothofagus menziesii) and Bergsüdbuchen (Nothofagus Solandri var. cliffortioides). More 95 square kilometers of a bush plant Kanuka (Leptospermum ericoides), Manuka (Leptospermum scoparium), Tasmanian Blatteibe (Phyllocladus aspleniifolius), the Austral heather green Dracophyllum longifolium ( “grass tree”), Zackenmützenmoos (Rhacomitrium lanuginosum) and small Südbuchen imported broom and heather .

In the Northwest and around the Ruapehu found from 1200 to 1500 meters over greater distances (about 150 square kilometers) in clusters of Chionochloa rubra, grass tree, Dracophyllum recurvum, minus Empodisma, Schoenus pauciflorus broom and heather, and the New Zealand grasses fescue (Festuca novaezelandiae) and Blue Rispengras (Poa colensoi). About 1500 meters, the terrain of rocks and boulders and is accordingly unstable. Nevertheless settle there always a few plants. These include Dracophyllum recurvum, Schneesteineibe (Podocarpus nivalis), which Scheinbeerenart Gaultheria colensoi, Rytidosperma setifolium, Blue Rispengras and Raoulia albosericea, which together cover an area of 165 square kilometers to cover. Between 1700 meters and 2020 meters, there are still isolated Parahebe different species, Gentiana gellidifolia and buttercups. More than 2200 meters, but then there are only lichens.

In the animal kingdom, particularly among the vertebrates, are primarily 56 different species of importance. Among them are so rare species such as Streifenkiwi, Kaka, Saumschnabelente (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus), Matata (Bowdleria punctata vealeae) or dual band plover (Charadrius bicinctus) and Maorifalke (Falco novaeseelandiae). Are also frequently represented Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), Makomako (Anthornis melanura), Neuseelandkuckuckskauz (Ninox novaeseelandiae), Maorigerygone (Gerygone igata), fan tails (Rhipidurinae) and Graumantelbrillenvogel (Zosterops lateralis).

Another special feature are the only two New Zealand endemic species of mammals, the small New Zealand bats (Mystacina tuberculata) and Chalinolobus tuberculatus. In addition, in the teeming Tongariro National Park by insects such as moths and Wetas. A threat for these animals as well as to make the entire ecosystem – such as in large parts of New Zealand – the Europeans introduced domestic animals such as rats, stoats, cats and wild rabbits, hares different rights, Fuchskusu and deer dar.