Little Valley Creek West Branch, south-east of Alexandra
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-45.383 169.478
Verbatim locality:
Little Valley Creek West Branch, Matangi Pastoral Lease, 14km south-east of Alexandra.
Verbatim collector:
Richard Ewans
Standardised collector:
R. Ewans
Verbatim date:
18 Dec 2023
Start date:
2023-12-18
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Otago Land District
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1324536E 4970601N
Altitudes:
from 750m
Habitat:
Indigenous turf vegetation along margins of flat meandering ephemeral stream (dry at the time)/wetland area
Notes:
Likely historically red tussock grassland as evidenced by remaining small patches of red tussock nearby on same flat. Surrounding drier area dominated by exotic grasses (direct drilled in the 1980s), modified short tussock grassland. Other native species in turf include Plantago triandra, Carex gaudichaudiana, Eleocharis acuta, moss, Lobelia sp., Ranunuculus sp..