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native bush

British  

noun

  1. indigenous forest

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And hihi flitting freely through the dense native bush.

From The Guardian

Contractors preparing the tracks over the winter season say they’ve barely finished clearing the native bush of human faeces and toilet paper in time for the next deluge of hiking boots about to descend.

From The Guardian

It is being advertised as "a remarkable seven-hectare utopia" with "three modest buildings dotted amidst the mature native bush".

From BBC

If there was a turning point, it would have been on the par-5 seventh hole when Kisner's second shot landed in a native bush in the dunes short of the green.

From US News

I was eager to fit in an outdoor activity, and Roger suggested the two-hour Mahinapua Walkway, which led from the cleared farmland into replanted forest into a smaller area of protected native bush.

From New York Times