CHR 660353 – Festuca novae-zelandiae (Hack.) Cockayne
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 660353
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 September 2020
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Festuca novae-zelandiae (Hack.) Cockayne
Determiner:
JRK
Identification date:
1948-01 (Verbatim: January [1948])
Preferred name:
Festuca novae-zelandiae (Hack.) Cockayne
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Gramineae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Hard tussock
Collection events
Primary collection event
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln University, Lincoln
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.644 172.466
Verbatim locality:
South of C.A.C.[Canterbury Agriculture College]
Verbatim collector:
JRK
Standardised collector:
JRK
Verbatim date:
January [1948]
Start date:
1948-01
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.645941 172.462302
Notes:
This is one of the dominant grasses in low tussock country. Its climate range is, however considerably wider than that of silver tussock & it is now grown under much drier conditions. It is not relished by stock until burnt and this (burning) continually carried out led to the portion [partial] extermination of the tussock on some high country.
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
This specimen is part of a collection given to the Allan Herbarium by Laurence Smith (Amberly office, Environment Canterbury). This was given to L. Smith in the early 1990's by someone in Port Robinson, Cheviot.
The collection is believed to have been collected in 1948, based on several specimens with fully written dates in the collection. We believe that JRK is a student of Canterbury Agriculture College (C.A.C), which is now known as Lincoln University.
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