Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Sclerodontium pallidum (Hook.) Schwaegr.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, Chathams Ecological Region and District, Rekohu (Chatham Island), Maipito Road, Wairarapa Stream, "Maipito Swamp Forest"
Field Collection Date
18 Sep 2007
Field Collection Notes
Saxicolous on limestone bluff - growing threaded through Pellaea rotundifolia (AK 300988) rhizomes and roots near top of steep bluff arising out of extremely wet swamp forest. Aspect very dry, sunny - near top of bluff. Associated with Camptochaete deflexa. Sclerodontium with large, orange, alar cells.
Identification Confirmed: A.J. Fife Nov 2007.
DUPLICATE IN CHR (CHR 592090).
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-43.95, -176.53333
-176.53333, -176.53333
Last Update
24 May 2017
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