Distichophyllum pulchellum (Hampe in Müll.Hal.) Mitt.
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
2016-05 (Verbatim: May 2016)
Preferred name:
Distichophyllum pulchellum (Hampe) Mitt.
Division:
Bryophyta
Class:
Bryatae
Family:
Hookeriaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
I no longer consider Distichophyllum kraussei worthy of reocognition; I consider it to be an extreme environmental variant of D. pulchellum.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Distichophyllum kraussei (Lor.) Mitt.
Determiner:
Fife AJ
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Distichophyllum pulchellum (Hampe) Mitt.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
South Island, Buller: Lower Basin (Syncline area) of the Porarari River
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-42.1265 171.396
Verbatim locality:
South Island, Buller: Lower Basin (Syncline area) of the Porarari River.
Verbatim collector:
Allan J. Fife 6666
Standardised collector:
Allan J. Fife
Verbatim date:
23 March 1984
Start date:
1984-03-23
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S37 90- 27- (WGS84 -42.125754 171.395085)
New Zealand Map Series 260:
K30 77- 96- (WGS84 -42.127229 171.397484)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
42°8´ S 171°23´ E (WGS84 -42.133333 171.383333)
Altitudes:
from 30m to 46m
Habitat:
Mature lowland beech forest wiht canopy dominated by N. menziesii [Nothofagus menziesii], N. fusca [Nothofagus fusca], Dacrydium cupressinum, Podocarpus ferrugineus, P. dacrydioides [Podocarpus dacrydioides], P. hallii [Podocarpus hallii] with understorey of Pseudowintera colorata, Dicksonia squarrosa, Melicytus ramiflorus, Myrsina salicina, and coprosma spp.
Microhabitat:
Vertical seep on mudstone; with Bryum blandum, Tridontium tasmanicum shaded by Blechnum capense