CHR 667484 – Astelia grandis Hook.f. ex Kirk
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 667484
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
09 March 2021
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Astelia grandis Hook.f. ex Kirk
Determiner:
H. Maule
Identification date:
2021-03-04 (Verbatim: 4 Mar 2021)
Preferred name:
Astelia grandis Hook.f. ex Kirk
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Asteliaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
The leaf width and venation are within the description of A. grandis in Flora II.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
View Hill Scenic Reserve, West of Oxford
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.274076 172.071111
Verbatim locality:
West of Oxford, next to View Hill Scenic Reserve, Tawhai Bush
Verbatim collector:
Miles Giller
Standardised collector:
Miles Giller
Verbatim date:
2 Mar 2021
Start date:
2021-03-02
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Ecological District:
Oxford
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1524955E 5208185N (WGS84 -43.275408 172.075149)
Altitudes:
from 340m
Habitat:
Growing as young individuals or small (probably young) clusters of plants growing in moderate shade under regenerating black beech forest, beside a damp, scrubby gully dominated by sedges and manuka.
Microhabitat:
The regenerating forest is dominated by black beech (Fuscospora solandri) over occasional Griselinia littoralis, Pseudowintera colorata, Leptospermum scoparium, Lophomyrtus obcordata, Neomyrtus pedunculata, Coprosma dumosa and Coprosma rhamnoides. Occasional podocarps (particularly Dacrydium cupressinum and Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) and Elaeocarpus hookerianus occur nearby. Damp gullies are dominated by sedges and Leptospermum scoparium interspersed by Rubus fruticosus agg. The groundcover was dominated by scattered ferns (particularly Blechnum discolor) over mosses.
Notes:
Population size: Locally scarce. Five small patches of up to about 0.5 square meters each were observed, with rare younger volunteers on similar toe-slope landform nearby.
This location is contiguous with View Hill Scenic Reserve where Astelia grandis was collected by L.B. Moore in 1968 (CHR 188086).
No plants carried ripening seeds but the presence of small seedlings indicated that recruitment is occurring.
Observed species:
Fuscospora solandri
Griselinia littoralis
Pseudowintera colorata
Leptospermum scoparium
Lophomyrtus obcordata
Neomyrtus pedunculata
Coprosma dumosa
Coprosma rhamnoides
Dacrydium cupressinum
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Elaeocarpus hookerianus
Rubus fruticosus agg.
Blechnum discolor
Griselinia littoralis
Pseudowintera colorata
Leptospermum scoparium
Lophomyrtus obcordata
Neomyrtus pedunculata
Coprosma dumosa
Coprosma rhamnoides
Dacrydium cupressinum
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Elaeocarpus hookerianus
Rubus fruticosus agg.
Blechnum discolor
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to D
Specimen links
Cites:
Assigned reference numbers
Plant Identification Number:
2020/0469
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