CHR 655513 – Pseudopanax ferox Kirk
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 655513
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
14 January 2019
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Pseudopanax ferox Kirk
Determiner:
Miles Giller
Identification date:
2018-11-16 (Verbatim: 16 Nov 2018)
Preferred name:
Pseudopanax ferox Kirk
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Apiales
Family:
Araliaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Conway River
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-42.541929 173.324864
Verbatim locality:
Conway River
Verbatim collector:
Miles Giller; Gillian Giller; Alice Shanks
Standardised collector:
Miles Giller; G. Giller; Alice Shanks
Verbatim date:
16 Nov 2018
Start date:
2018-11-16
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Marlborough Land District
Ecological District:
Hundalee
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1627338E 5289264N (WGS84 -42.548528 173.332965)
Altitudes:
from 180m
Habitat:
Growing on or near the edge of a perched riparian terrace alongside the river. A scattered population of plants favouring drier warmer ground under a fragmented kanuka canopy along the top lip of a north-facing riparian scarp, but also, sparingly occurring back from the scarp edge on damper cooler ground under podocarp-hardwood forest.The local canopies are dominated by almost pure Kunzea robusta (along the drier, warmer terrace edge), and by Fuscospora solandri, Elaeocarpus hookerianus and Kunzea robusta, with occasional emergent Dacrycarpus dacrydioides and Prumnopitys taxifolia (on the terrace, further back from the edge). The understorey supports Helichrysum lanceolatum, Coprosma obconica, Coprosma rigida, Coprosma rhamnoides and Coprosma crassifolia (generally on drier terrace-edge surfaces), and by Coprosma obconica, Coprosma rigida, Lophomyrtus obcordata and Myrsine divaricata (on damper, deeper soils back from the terrace edge). The groundcover of the terrace edge is dominated by extensive mosses, occasional ferns and sedges, and by Brachypodium sylvaticum, damper sites support rare ferns (especially Blechnum penna-marina)over litter and bare ground.Substrate: Stoney shallow to deep alluvial soils and loess routinely augmented by wind-blown grit from the braided bed of the adjacent Conway River. Overlies greywacke rock.
Notes:
At least 100 specimens of Pseudopanax ferox were found, scattered over several hundred meters.This population of Pseudopanax ferox is locally sympatric with Coprosma pedicellata and Coprosma obconica. Plants occurred as healthy saplings and small trees up to c. 4 m tall, with frequent sign of recent recruitment. The distribution indicates a preference for the more exposed warmer lip of the terrace scarp.Collected with The Canterbury Botanical Society.
Observed species:
Kunzea robusta
Fuscospora solandri
Elaeocarpus hookerianus
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Prumnopitys taxifolia
Helichrysum lanceolatum
Coprosma obconica
Coprosma rigida
Lophomyrtus obcordata
Myrsine divaricata
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Blechnum penna-marina
Fuscospora solandri
Elaeocarpus hookerianus
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Prumnopitys taxifolia
Helichrysum lanceolatum
Coprosma obconica
Coprosma rigida
Lophomyrtus obcordata
Myrsine divaricata
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Blechnum penna-marina
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