Arctoa pumila (Mitt.) Fedosov, Jan Kučera & M.Stech
Division:
Bryophyta
Class:
Bryatae
Family:
Dicranaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Dicranum aucklandicum Dix.
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Arctoa pumila (Mitt.) Fedosov, Jan Kučera & M.Stech
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
South Island, Westland: Arthur's Pass National Park, Pegleg Creek, above Rte. 73 bridge
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-42.8917 171.657
Verbatim locality:
S. Is., Westland: Arthur's Pass National Park, Pegleg Creek, above Rte. 73 bridge
Verbatim collector:
Allan J. Fife 7312 with Bryony Macmillan
Standardised collector:
Allan J. Fife; Bryony H. Macmillan
Verbatim date:
16-Oct-1985
Start date:
1985-10-16
Land District:
Westland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S59 05- 341 (WGS84 -42.894624 171.561693)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
42°54´ S 171°33´ E (WGS84 -42.9 171.55)
Altitudes:
from 840m to 875m
Habitat:
Streamside boulder; with Racomitrium crispulum. W-facing stream gorge in greywacke bedrock with subalpine forest dominated by Olearia aborescens, O. colensoi, O. avicenniaefolia, O. ilicifolia. Griselinia littoralis, Pseudopanax colensoi, Dracophyllum traversii, Hoheria glabrata, and Senecio elaegnifolius.
Notes:
c.fr. Occasional at this locality. Dioicous! Alar cells weakly differentiated. This specimen used for illustration for Moss Flora of New Zealand.