New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1550483E 5307948N (WGS84 -42.379166 172.398513)
Abundance:
Dominant
Altitudes:
from 870m
Habitat:
Short statured, beech forest near bushline on edge of swampy frost-flat.
Microhabitat:
poorly drained slope just above frost-flat
Abundance:
Dominant
Observed species:
Astelia nervosa Hook.f. ;Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Specimen notes
Voucher (DNA):
Vouchers for "An assessment of species relationships, geneflow and species boundaries among Fuscospora (Nothofagaceae: southern beech) species in New Zealand from simple sequence repeat analysis" RD Smissen etal), as well as leaf & wood traits across environmental gradients.Tree tagged #8569. Emergent canopy foliage