Figure 1.3: Land Cover Database series 2, South Island, 2002

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Figure 1.3 is a map that shows the extent to which each of nine major land cover classes from the Land Cover Database Series 2 (2001-2002) cover the South Island of New Zealand.  The nine classes include: native forest, native vegetation, other native land cover (for example, alpine, ice and lakes), exotic forest, exotic vegetation, high producing exotic grassland and low producing grassland, primarily horticulture, and the last class, urban areas and artificial surfaces.