Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Azorella hookeri Drude
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
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Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland Region, Awhitu District, west of J. Hull Road (J. Rutherfurd property)
Field Collection Date
24 Nov 2011
Field Collection Notes
Growing in an open and grazed situation underneath a canopy of remnant coastal broadleaf forest dominated by tawa, mangeao, rewarewa, karaka, Streblus heterophyllus, mahoe, kawakawa, Rhabdothamnus and sparse ponga. Common in the ground layer with both native and exotic herbs and grasses. Asplenium hookerianum, A. lamprophyllum and A. bulbiferum all common with possible hybrids also. Associated species include Stellaria media, Stellaria parviflora, Cardamine debilis agg., Oxalis exilis, Ranunculus refelexus, Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. imbecillis, Hydrocotlye heteromeria and H. dissecta. Locally common in dense colonies
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-37.07556, 174.55611
174.55611, 174.55611
Last Update
17 Dec 2020
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