Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Ranunculus sardous Crantz
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland, Awhitu District, Manukau Heads, Rutherford property, Auckland Council Ecosystem Survey site 67
Field Collection Date
14 Apr 2016
Field Collection Notes
This was a lagoon filled with water in 2011. Now mostly dry and grazed by cattle with the occasional wet depression. Dominated by mercer grass and various Persicaria decipiens, P.punctata and P.hydropiper with occasional patches of kuta, Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, kikuyu, Glyceria, Cyperus, Alternanthera spp, Ludwigia spp, Apium nodiflorum, watercress and Juncus spp etc. Occasional at site. Flowers pale yellow, sepals reflexed at flowering and achene faces tuberculate
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-37.07778, 174.54806 (± 10 m)
174.54806, 174.54806 (± 10 m)
Last Update
17 Aug 2020
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