McFarlane Mound -about 300m beyond high point (127m)
Verbatim locality:
McFarlane Mound -about 300m beyond high point (127m)
Verbatim collector:
CW Morse, SJ Richardson, RP Buxton
Standardised collector:
Chris W. Morse; S. J. Richardson; Rowan P. Buxton
Verbatim date:
3/03/2010
Start date:
2010-03-03
Land District:
Westland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1258007E 5115601N (WGS84 -44.032985 168.73214)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 80m
Habitat:
Low statured lowland podocarp-broadleaved-beech forest on high rainfall, low fertility on face of roche moutonnee.
Microhabitat:
mid face
Abundance:
Local
Keywords:
Shortforest(2.5-20m); Slope; Wet
Observed species:
Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides (Hook.f.) Poole ;Lepidothamnus intermedius (Kirk) Quinn ;Phyllocladus alpinus Hook.f. ;Weinmannia racemosa L.f. ;Metrosideros umbellata Cav. ;Podocarpus hallii Kirk ;Dacrydium cupressinum Sol. ex G.Forst.
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. A very small, isolated population ~350km distant from other FUStru. Appears to be much hybridism with FUScli. Tree tagged #10746. Emergent canopy foliage.