Raupō plant (long slender leaves with seedheads) in the wild
Rights: Martin Rady, CC BY 4.0 Published 7 October 2024 Size: 1.6 MB Referencing Hub media

Raupō (Typha orientalis) is a resilient plant and acts as an ecological buffer. The plants develop distinctive flower spikes.

Image sourced from iNaturalistNZ.

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