Silverstream Reserve, South Eyre Road, Waimakariri District
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.4118 172.607248
Verbatim locality:
Silverstream Reserve, South Eyre Road, Waimakariri District
Verbatim collector:
Jason Butt
Standardised collector:
Jason Butt
Verbatim date:
Jan 2023
Start date:
2023-01
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1567590E 5193145N (WGS84 -43.413874 172.599665)
Habitat:
In a marsh occupying an old braid channel of the Waimakariri River.
Microhabitat:
Growing with Schoenus pauciflorus, Gratiola sexdentata, Isolepis setacea, Machaerina rubiginosa, and a number of planted plants – including (rather disappointingly) Olearia lineata ‘Dartonii’ and Plagianthus divaricatus.
Notes:
Currently the vegetation is grassland/herbfield but would have been bogrush sedgeland prior to spraying off for planting.