The Sabine Valley is a landform in northern

South Island The South Island ( , 'the waters of Pounamu, Greenstone') is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand by surface area, the others being the smaller but more populous North Island and Stewart Island. It is bordered to the north by ...

, New Zealand. Much of the Sabine Valley is forested with beech canopy. Example understory vegetation is the presence of ''

Archeria traversii ''Archeria traversii'' is a species of shrub in the family Ericaceae. Distribution ''Archeria traversii'' is scattered locally across southern New Zealand (the South Island and Stewart Island), where it is endemic.Allan, H.H. 1961. Flora of New ...

'' within certain mountain beech forests in the upper Sabine Valley of the South Island, New Zealand.C. Michael Hogan. 2009

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References

* C. Michael Hogan. 2009
''Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor'', Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
* Peter Wardle. 1991. ''Vegetation of New Zealand'', Published by CUP Archive, Landforms of the Tasman District Valleys of New Zealand Nelson Lakes National Park {{Tasman-geo-stub