South Island, Grey Co., Paparoa Mountains, cirque on east flank of Mount Priestly
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-42.069 171.559
Verbatim locality:
South Island, Grey Co.: Paparoa Mountains, cirque on east flank of Mt. Priestly
Verbatim collector:
Allan J. Fife 5439
Standardised collector:
Allan J. Fife
Verbatim date:
April 11, 1983
Start date:
1983-04-11
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Westland Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S38 053 344 (WGS84 -42.068987 171.558699)
Altitudes:
from 900m to 1050m
Habitat:
Upper subalpine snow-tussock grassland with areas of carpet grass (Chionochloa australis) and scrub of Dracophyllum longifolium, D. uniflorum, & Olearia colensoi; south and west facing slopes with numerous granite outcrops and boggy depressions
Microhabitat:
Xeric, ± horizontal granite
Notes:
Bryophytes of New Zealand
extreme lf apices reflexed, upper lf cells short