CHR 588795 A – Carex spicata Huds.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 588795 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 June 2016
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carex spicata Huds.
Determiner:
K.A. Ford
Identification date:
2016-06-01 (Verbatim: 1 Jun 2016)
Preferred name:
Carex spicata Huds.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Waimangarara River flood channels, Bay Paddock Road, Kaikoura
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-42.331309 173.66297
Verbatim locality:
Waimangarara River flood channels, near Bay Paddock Road, Kaikoura
Verbatim collector:
Miles Giller
Standardised collector:
Miles Giller
Verbatim date:
28 May 2016
Start date:
2016-05-28
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Marlborough Land District
Ecological District:
Kowhai
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1654583E 5313231N (WGS84 -42.331252 173.662511)
Altitudes:
from 150m
Habitat:
Growing as a single plant near a south-facing forest margin, in moderate shade, under secondary hardwood forest
Notes:
In fruit. It appeared to have volunteered in a disturbed location (previously very accessible to livestock) which (due to subsequent fencing and de-stocking) would soon become highly shaded by regenerating native trees and shrubs.Population size: One lone specimen, with a rooted base of about 25 cm diameter and a sprawling top with leaves to 0.5 m long and seed-bearing culms up to 1.7 m long.Substrate: Stony alluvial outwash, former flood channels of river.Site Protection: Protected by fencing from cattle (since 2009) legally protected by a QEII convenant.Associated species: The discontinous overhead canopy is dominated by Melicytus ramiflorus, Myoporum laetum and Pennantia corymbosa with occasional emergent Prumnopitys taxifolia nearby. The understorey is dominated by regenerating (juvenile) Pennantia corymbosa, and the ground cover by Hypolepis ambigua. Metrosideros diffusa is locally common on trunks and over some fallen debris. The overhead canopy is broken by previous mass-disturbance (prior to site protection) and by recent wind damage.
Observed species:
Hypolepis ambigua
Prumnopitys taxifolia
Pennantia corymbosa
Myoporum laetum
Melicytus ramiflorus
Metrosideros diffusa
Prumnopitys taxifolia
Pennantia corymbosa
Myoporum laetum
Melicytus ramiflorus
Metrosideros diffusa
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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