Tom Creek -on narrow strip of land between Rongahere Rd and Clutha River
Verbatim locality:
Tom Creek -on narrow strip of land between Rongahere Rd & Clutha River
Verbatim collector:
CW Morse, SJ Richardson, RP Buxton
Standardised collector:
Chris W. Morse; S. J. Richardson; Rowan P. Buxton
Verbatim date:
8/03/2010
Start date:
2010-03-08
Land District:
Otago Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1326710E 4905908N (WGS84 -45.945965 169.473945)
Abundance:
Common
Altitudes:
from 40m
Habitat:
Lowland podocarp-broadleaved-beech forest
Microhabitat:
alluvial terrace
Abundance:
Common
Observed species:
Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides (Hook.f.) Poole ;Nothofagus menziesii (Hook.f.) Oerst.
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. Obvious hybridism between F.cliffortioides x F.fusca in area. Tree tagged #10648. Emergent canopy foliage.