CHR 532926 – Schoenus nitens (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 532926
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 August 2000
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Schoenus nitens
Determiner:
CC Ogle
Identification date:
1999-10-31 (Verbatim: 31-Oct-99)
Preferred name:
Schoenus nitens (R.Br.) Roem. & Schult.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Whanganui, Castlecliff - cliffs west of Longbeach Drive
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-39.914779 174.953347
Verbatim locality:
Wanganui, Castlecliff - cliffs west of Longbeach Drive
Verbatim collector:
CC Ogle 3601
Standardised collector:
Colin C. Ogle
Verbatim date:
31-Oct-99
Start date:
1999-10-31
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
R22 (WGS84 -39.885362 174.870809)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 10m
Habitat:
Base of mudstone seacliff, behind dunes - little soil.
Abundance:
Local
Keywords:
Cliff; Coastal; Exposed; Mat; Moist; Open; Rain; Rock; Sand(mud)stone; Sunny; Turf
Notes:
Flower/fruit. Dense patch (hard to wash out the dense bryophyte mat between the Schoenus culms). Not seen elsewhere on the cliffs west of Wanganui to Taranaki, but common to east of Wanganui, in dune slacks. Mat plants nearby incl. Lobelia anceps, Selliera radicans, Samolus repens dominant over c.1m² with dense bryophytes between.
Observed species:
Lobelia anceps
Samolus repens
Selliera radicans
Samolus repens
Selliera radicans
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