CHR 618996 – Carex inopinata V.J.Cook
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 618996
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 March 2012
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carex inopinata
Determiner:
Miles & Gillian Giller
Identification date:
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:
Hurunui Bluff Rd, Hurunui
Verbatim locality:
[above Hurunui Bluff Road]
Verbatim collector:
Miles & Gillian Giller
Standardised collector:
Miles Giller; G. Giller
Verbatim date:
1 Nov 2010
Start date:
2010-11-01
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Ecological District:
Waiau
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1584393E 5253399N (WGS84 -42.871838 172.80891)
Altitudes:
from 400m
Habitat:
Substrate: Mapped as Weld steepland yellow-grey earth, though variable and probably more drought-prone due to localised greywacke rock outcropping on a ridge top site. Growing as a loose mat under mature shrubs in moderate shade, on a sun and wind exposed ridge crest (the other five plants seen occurred under twiggy shrubs on ridge crests and on north-facing hillslopes).
Notes:
Population Size: Six scattered specimens of Carex inopinata were found within about a 0.5 km radius, each being a sprawling loose mat of about 30 cm x 30 cm up to 50 cm x 80 cm (or possibly more). Site protection: Four of the six plants recorded are in an area physically protected from farm livestock by fencing and legally protected by way of a 15.08 ha QEII covenant, the other two are a short distance outside the covenant. The general area is periodically vulnerable to rabbit plagues (routinely controlled by poisoning). The collected wild plant did not have flowers or seed heads apparent when first found (hence a specimen was grown on in cultivation), however 3 flowering heads were seen during a re-visit to the site on 11/11/2011.
Observed species:
Melicytus alpinus
Discaria toumatou
Muehlenbeckia complexa
Clematis marata
Asplenium flabellifolium
Dichondra repens
Poa imbecilla
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Discaria toumatou
Muehlenbeckia complexa
Clematis marata
Asplenium flabellifolium
Dichondra repens
Poa imbecilla
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
[Unknown]
Verbatim collector:
Miles & Gillian Giller
Standardised collector:
Miles Giller; G. Giller
Verbatim date:
21 Nov 2011
Start date:
2011-11-21
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
The cultivated (potted) specimen is flowering and seeding very freely in a fertile, semi-shaded, irrigated nursery situation.
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