CHR 624269 – Muehlenbeckia ephedroides Hook.f.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 624269
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
26 February 2013
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Muehlenbeckia ephedroides
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Muehlenbeckia ephedroides Hook.f.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Polygonales
Family:
Polygonaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Ahuriri River terrace, Killermont Station, Waitaki Basin
Verbatim locality:
Ahuriri River terrace, Killermont Station, Waitaki Basin
Verbatim collector:
Mike Harding
Standardised collector:
M. Harding
Verbatim date:
February 2013
Start date:
2013-02
Land District:
Otago Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1353102E 5068293N (WGS84 -44.496446 169.894485)
Altitudes:
from 480m
Habitat:
Growing on a gentle river terrace riser
Microhabitat:
Population extends over an area of approx. 40 m x 5 m at a cover of between 5 and 10%, comprising a population of 100+ individual plants.
Notes:
Other species present (in order of dominance) are: Pilosella officinarum, Chondropsis sp., Rumex acetosella, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Carex breviculmis, Leucopogon fraseri, Raoulia australis, Sedum acre, Veronica arvensis, Trifolium arvense, Festuca rubra, Muehlenbeckia axillaris, Silene gallica, with scattered taller plants of Rosa rubiginosa and Echium vulgare.The Muehlenbeckia ephedroides population extends over the adjacent terrace and probably comprises several hundred individuals, though some parts of the population have recently been damaged by herbicide spray. Other indigenous species nearby are: Convolvulus verecundus, Luzula ulophylla, Raoulia hookeri and Poa colensoi.
Observed species:
Pilosella officinarum
Chondropsis sp.
Rumex acetosella
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Carex breviculmis
Leucopogon fraseri
Raoulia australis
Sedum acre
Veronica arvensis
Trifolium arvense
Festuca rubra
Muehlenbeckia axillaris
Silene gallica
Rosa rubiginosa
Echium vulgare
Convolvulus verecundus
Luzula ulophylla
Raoulia hookeri
Poa colensoi
Chondropsis sp.
Rumex acetosella
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Carex breviculmis
Leucopogon fraseri
Raoulia australis
Sedum acre
Veronica arvensis
Trifolium arvense
Festuca rubra
Muehlenbeckia axillaris
Silene gallica
Rosa rubiginosa
Echium vulgare
Convolvulus verecundus
Luzula ulophylla
Raoulia hookeri
Poa colensoi
Assigned reference numbers
Plant Identification Number:
2012/0496
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