- Taupo Swamp
Taupo Swamp is an approximately 25-hectare (61.7 acres) lowland freshwater
swamp , classified as a topogeneous mire, located three kilometres (1.8 miles) north ofPlimmerton and 20 kilometres north-northeast ofWellington City,New Zealand . Taupo Swamp is home to largely indigenous vegetation includingsedges ,flax ,fern s,shrubs , herbaceous plants, andgrasses . [ Wellington Conservancy, "A Directory of Wetlands in New Zealand" Retrieved 3/23/2008 [http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/nzwetlands08.pdf] ] The swamp is visible from State Highway 1 and theNorth Island Main Trunk Railway .References
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* R. G. Bagnall and C.C. Ogle: "The changing vegetation structure and composition of a lowland mire at Plimmerton, North Island, New Zealand," The Royal Society of New Zealand: "New Zealand Journal of Botany," 1981, Vol. 19:371-387. Retrieved 3/23/2008. [http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjb/1981/49.php]
* Miles Erwin, "The Road More Traveled, "New Zealand Historic Places Trust Magazine", Winter 2006. Retrieved 3/23/2008. [http://www.historic.org.nz/magazinefeatures/2006Winter/2006_Winter_TheRoadMoreTravelled%20.htm]
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