Waimakariri River, near Old West Coast Rd; near Bleak House Corner
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.4046 172.129
Verbatim locality:
Waimakariri River, Nr. Old West Coast Rd; nr. Bleak House Corner
Verbatim collector:
WR Sykes 133/99
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
17-2-99
Start date:
1999-02-17
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
L35 395 555 (WGS84 -43.404623 172.129476)
Habitat:
River bed, among stands of tree, pussy & osier willows.
Notes:
Thicket-forming shrub 3-4m high. Shoots light green. Leaves pale grey silky beneath. Male catkins (2 out-of-season ones only on cut shoot) with yellow anthers and black ovate-rhombic bracts. Fairly common.