Edgar E & Connor HE 2010: Flora of New Zealand Volume V Grasses.2 ed. p.A4
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Austrofestuca littoralis
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Poa billardierei (Spreng.) St.-Yves
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Beach south of Rakaia River Huts
Verbatim locality:
Beach south of Rakaia River Huts
Verbatim collector:
N. Head
Standardised collector:
N. Head
Verbatim date:
23/01/2009
Start date:
2009-01-23
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Grid:
2442889E 5699219N (WGS84 -43.91148 172.164385)
Habitat:
Sand dunes immediately south of Rakaia Huts approx > 500 plants scattered along a narrow strip of approx 2 km of remnant sand dune and extending onto undeveloped fringe along wave cut bank. Common species predominately exotic, especially marram grass and lupins. Notable native species present include a small patch of pingao, Colobanthus brevisepalus, Raoulia australis, Atriplex buchananii, Raoulia australis, Carex pumila, Poa cita, Muehlenbeckia complexa.