Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Carex dissita Sol. ex Boott
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, South Island, Aspiring Ecological Region, Dart Ecological District, Lake Whakatipu head, Lake Sylvan
Field Collection Date
13 May 1995
Field Collection Notes
Margin of sphagnum bog, beneath open mountain beech
forest, in damp ground. Short sward, forming
patches c.1 m across, culms mostly 15 cm, rarely 30
cm long. Leaves 2.5-3 mm across, double-folded.
Stigmas 3. Spikes 5-6 mm diameter. Growing
alongside Carex solandri? (P N Johnson 1295 -
CHR 508518)
Duplicate of CHR 508517, received March 1998
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-44.7, 168.21667
168.21667, 168.21667
Last Update
16 May 2017
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