Awarua Bay, just north of Joeys Island, edge of bog.
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-46.563782 168.395813
Verbatim locality:
Awarua Bay, just north of Joeys Island, edge of bog.
Verbatim collector:
K.A. Ford 794/20
Standardised collector:
Kerry A. Ford
Collectors reference no.:
KF 794/20
Verbatim date:
27 Aug 2020
Start date:
2020-08-27
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Southland Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1247145.9E 4833003.8N (WGS84 -46.563775 168.395804)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-46.56378200 168.39581300
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 6m
Habitat:
In coastal turf, near the bank edge amongst Selliera radicans and Ficinia nodosa.
Abundance:
Local
Notes:
Orange-green spreading scruffy short tussocks/tufts. Leaves plano-convex, 18-45 cm long, 1.5 mm wide, coloured green below and orange above; leaf tips curling and cirrhose, the tip is blunt. I could not find flowering/fruiting material and no sign of old culms. Same population as CHR 283250 Johnson 1976.
Observed species:
Ficinia nodosa Apodasmia similis Selliera radicans