Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
36°20´ S 174°48´ E (WGS84 -36.333333 174.8)
New Zealand Map Series 260:
R09 ca 708 410 (WGS84 -36.317981 174.785002)
Altitudes:
to 10m
Habitat:
Coastal boulders and adjacent open, grazed Metrosiderosexcelsa coastal forest
Microhabitat:
on soil derived from breccia and adjacent Metrosideros root; shaded; immediately behind coastal rocks.
Notes:
unicateComparing well to Linzey 1127, but not to all collections in CHR; tubers reddish-brown, 65-100 μm, cells protruding.
Specimen notes
Georeference (original):
NZMS 260 R09 ca 708410 (at road end)
Allan J. Fife, [2 Nov. 1986]
Supplementary remarks:
Among the most distinctive are two Nelson (CHR 406023 & 405538) collections from marl soil with lanceolate, distinctly bordered, entire leaves and long excurrent costae (to 1/3 the total leaf length), and abundant brown tubers 90-180 um diam., with cells moderately to strongly protruding. Similar material has been seen from highly calcareous soils at Ti Point, North Auckland (CHR 106581 & 106609). Further study may show this material to be specifically distinct or merely an extreme variant of Bryum linzeyi.
[Fife AJ]