Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Fissidens leptocladus Müll.Hal.ex Rodway
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland Region, Waitakere District, south Piha, near Blowhole on old Byers property
Field Collection Date
27 Sep 2014
Field Collection Notes
Locally common on a near vertical face (c.50cm tall), forming dense mats on sandy soil; area influenced by salt spray from the Blowhole; shaded by pohutukawa canopy. With Selliera, Samolous, Isolepis cernua & Disphyma. Close to the small population of Blechnum blechnoides
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-36.96444, 174.46389
174.46389, 174.46389
Last Update
24 May 2017
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