Arthur's Pass National Park, Upper Otira River Valley
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-42.882596 171.555116
Verbatim locality:
Westland, Arthur's Pass National Park, Upper Otira Valley
Verbatim collector:
Allan J. Fife 5934
Standardised collector:
Allan J. Fife
Verbatim date:
15 Dec. 1983
Start date:
1983-12-15
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Westland Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S59 04- 33- (WGS84 -42.899568 171.550502)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
42°54´ S 171°33´ E (WGS84 -42.9 171.55)
Altitudes:
from 1036m to 1158m
Habitat:
N-facing subalpine slope with small, cascading streams, greywacke bedrock, and exposed talus slopes. Vegetation dominated by Dracophyllum longifolium, D. uniflorum, Chionochloa spp., Cassinia vauvilliersii, Hebe subalpina, Gaultheria crassa, Senecio bennettii, Olearia spp/
Microhabitat:
branch of Cassinia, on talus.
Notes:
Bryophytes of New Zealandunicate c.fr.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Leaves lanceolate, 1.8-2.5 mm, wiht basal border weakly developed.
Stomata restriect to base of capsule.
Peristome double, with endostome segments lanceolate. Spores 24-36 u [µm] (X= 29.4 u µm], N=10) in green, inoperculate capsule, uniformly trabeculate, with individual processes ca. 2 u µm] diam.
[Allan Fife]