Thread: Flaxes getting hammered

When I saw this post I straight away thought of similar flaxes that the deer eat right down during the winter/spring on the whanahuia range (where Rangi hut is in the Ruahines). It seems to be the plant they hit late winter in September - October along the tussock edge. You will see it eaten down around the saddle at the top of Dead Mans'. It was always a sign for me that the deer were emerging from their wintering areas.

I googled' astelia after I recalled this and blow me down there was a link mentioning Astelia in exactly the same place in the Ruahines.

https://www.wildernessmag.co.nz/see-...ntain-astelia/