Systematics Collections Data

CHR 607961 – Carex inopinata V.J.Cook

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 607961
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
17 May 2010
Database record updated:
22 July 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carex inopinata
Determiner:
B.P.J. Molloy
Identification date:
2010-02-16 (Verbatim: 16 Feb 2010)
Preferred name:
Carex inopinata V.J.Cook
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
near Waikari, Mount Donald area. QEII covenant
Verbatim locality:
near Waikari, Mt Donald area. QEII covenant
Verbatim collector:
Miles Giller
Standardised collector:
Miles Giller
Verbatim date:
11 Feb 2010
Start date:
2010-02-11
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Altitudes:
from 300m
Habitat:
Substrate: Greywacke outcrops (limestone outcrops occur c. 1 km away). Carex inopinata was found growing as loose mats in moderate shade under scrub and shrublands dominated by Sophora prostata and Coprosma crassifolia on dry exposed greywacke rock spurs. The ground surface under these canopy species is largely bare except for Asplenium flabellifolium and Einadia allanii. Vegetation between these groups of individuals of Sophora prostrata and Coprosma crassifolia is dominated by occasional emergent native shrubs over exotic grasses.
Notes:
Site protection: Physically protected from livestock by fencing and legally protected by way of an 8.7 ha QEII covenant. Two specimens of Carex inopinata were found, each being a sprawling loose mat of about 70 cm diameter. The site was not closely checked, and further specimens could well occur both at the known location and on similar sites nearby.
Observed species:
Coprosma propinqua
Asplenium flabellifolium
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Agrostis capillaris
Sophora prostrata
Coprosma crassifolia
Discaria toumatou
Einadia allanii
Melicytus aff. alpinus
Specimen notes
Georeference (original):
N33 927 042
Miles Giller, 11 Feb 2010
Permissions
Project permits
Project title:
Local Contexts - Allan Herbarium (CHR)
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
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