Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Agrostis muelleriana Vickery
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, South Island, Molesworth Station, Crimea Range, small remnant tarns on gently sloping area to north of ridgeline
Field Collection Date
30 Jan 2016
Field Collection Notes
Common clump-forming grass in dense, low turf in alpine bog around tarns. Densely intertwined with bryophytes and amongst Oreobolus pectinatus dominant on margins of open water. Also associated with Carpha alpina, Luzula leptophylla and [AEW 14696] Deschampsia chapmanii.
Tufts of leaves only just emerging from turf, mid-green, flowering heads reddish-brown, erect, spreading.
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-42.16611, 172.77794 (± 10 m)
172.77794, 172.77794 (± 10 m)
Last Update
11 Oct 2017
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