Chatham Island, Tuku River Nature Reserve, valley of Tuku River just upstream from mouths of two south west flowing tributaries, about 1km east of western boundary of Reserve
Verbatim locality:
Chatham Island, Tuku River Nature Reserve, valley of Tuku River just upstream from mouths of two SW flowing tributaries, c. 1 km E of western boundary of Reserve.
Verbatim collector:
Fife AJ 11375
Standardised collector:
Allan J. Fife
Verbatim date:
12-DEC-1997
Start date:
1997-12-12
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Moriori
Moriori
Ngati Mutunga o Wharekauri
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
CH2 393 424 (WGS84 -44.067847 -176.632955)
Abundance:
Occasional
Altitudes:
from 80m
Habitat:
Basalt bedrock at margin of swift, tannin-rich river with rather open bed in deeply incised valley; Cornyocarpus laevigatum - Dicksonia - Cyathea - Myrsine ?coxii - Pseudopanax chathamica - Macropiper excelsum dominated forest over peat soil & basalt bedrock.
Microhabitat:
On damp, partially shaded basalt.
Abundance:
Occasional
Notes:
Hypnodendron from c. 1 m distant enclosed. Occasional at this site, but not seen previously in eight days on Chatham Island.