Marino Mountains, low peak (1597) north of Culliford Hill
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-41.501321 172.546795
Verbatim locality:
Marino Mountains, low peak (1597) north of Culliford Hill
Verbatim collector:
K.A. Ford 640/19
Standardised collector:
Kerry A. Ford
Collectors reference no.:
KF640/19
Verbatim date:
28 Feb 2019
Start date:
2019-02-28
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
Ngāti Kōata
Ngāti Kuia
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1562175.0E 5405490.0N (WGS84 -41.501313 172.546797)
Abundance:
Frequent
Altitudes:
from 1570m
Habitat:
Chionochloa pallens/herbfield on broad ridge top, exposed site, often growing in Phyllachne colensoi mats.
Abundance:
Frequent
Notes:
Rhizomatous, slightly glaucous; spikes 2-3 female, utricles c. 2.6 x c. 1 mm, terete, ovoid, hard corky, light brown, darker above; the rachilla < nut, tapers to a reddish appendage and is flat 1-veined and scabrid on the margins above halfway; nut broad obovate, trigonous. Short beak (but is scabrid!), no stipe, truncate beak orifice, and short trigonous nut suggest C. enysii.