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Big Rimu Walk
View towards canopy
Length	1.1 km (0.68 mi)
Location	Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand
Trailheads	Umere Road
Use	Nature walk
Highest point	80 m (260 ft)
Difficulty	Easy
Season	Year round
Sights	large rimu tree, native bush
Maintained by	Department of Conservation

The Big Rimu Walk is a nature trail near Karamea, located in Kahurangi National Park on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. A short walk of 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) through regenerating bush leads to a large rimu tree (Dacrydium cupressinum) that is 36 metres (118 ft) tall with a trunk over two metres (6 ft 7 in) in diameter and estimated to be over 1,000 years old. Other smaller rimu in the area were logged during the 1940s but this large tree was left.

The regenerating forest is dominated by kāmahi and nīkau, but there are also small rimu trees emerging. The large rimu itself has a northern rātā vine on the trunk, with extensive rātā foliage in the canopy. The tree hosts a large collection of epiphytes. One notable feature of the track to the large rimu is the presence of Dawsonia—a giant moss—growing alongside the track.

References

1. "Big Rimu Walk". NZ Tramper. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
2. ^ Kerry-Jayne Wilson (2017). West Coast Walking: A naturalist's guide (2nd ed.). Christchurch: Canterbury University Press. ISBN 978-1-927145-42-5. OL 29806566M. Wikidata Q98762244.

External links

Media related to Big Rimu Walk at Wikimedia Commons

• Video clip - Big Rimu Tree Walk - Karamea, New Zealand
• Walks in the Karamea Area, Kahurangi National Park at the Department of Conservation

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