Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Stenostachys laevis (Petrie) Connor
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Wellington Land District, Rangitikei, NW Ruahine Range, Reporoa Bog
Field Collection Date
08 Mar 2005
Field Collection Notes
Main stream outflow from peat mire; channels and 'holes' in mire adjoining the stream, with tall tussocks and rushes. Chionochloa rubra and Empodisma minus growing on hummocks.Habitat keywords: flat, terrace, wet, silt, riparian, talltussock, margin, peat, montane, unconsolidated, limestone. Associated species: Chionochloa rubra and Empodisma minus.
Occasional fruit. All these culms off the largest plant seen; foliage soft, slightly glaucous. >100 plants seen along c. 200m of stream banks - local abundance.
Dup. ex CHR (572344), received May 2008
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-39.58464, 176.12658 (± 50 m)
176.12658, 176.12658 (± 50 m)
Last Update
03 Jun 2020
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