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    • Tui on native flowering flax.
    Rights: Neville Gardner Published 25 November 2017 Size: 470 KB Referencing Hub media

    Birds are important pollinators of many native1 plants. Contrary to previous beliefs, if birds are not available to pollinate certain native flowers, insects cannot fill the role.

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    1. native: A species that lives naturally in a country, as opposed to species that have been introduced by the activity of humans. 

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      2. A species that lives naturally in a country, as opposed to species that have been introduced by the activity of humans. 

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