Fern Flat Stream QEII covenant, 'Medina', Conway Flat, North Canterbury
Verbatim locality:
Fern Flat Stream QEII covenant, 'Medina', Conway Flat, North Canterbury
Verbatim collector:
Gillian Giller
Standardised collector:
G. Giller
Verbatim date:
15 Mar 2012
Start date:
2012-03-15
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1632587E 5274298N (WGS84 -42.6831 173.397751)
Altitudes:
from 150m
Habitat:
Substrate: Growing in shallow loose debris on the flat crest of an emergent greywacke outcrop. Aspect: Near crest of a north-facing hill.
Microhabitat:
Growing under a secondary kanuka (Kunzea ericoides) canopy, with a sparse Coprosma crassifolia and Coprosma propinqua understorey, over scattered Anthoxanthum odoratum, Rytidosperma sp., Dichelachne crinita, Cheilanthes sieberi, Pyrrosia eleagnifolia, Asplenium flabellifolium and Asplenium appendiculatum over bare loose rock fragments and soils.
Notes:
Size of plant: Small, with a forked rhizome of c. 10 cm (total) length, two fertile fronds, and the shrivelled remains of former fronds.