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Fork-leaved Sundew (Drosera binata)Observer
shona_tDescription
2021 this seems to be the only survivor. By Juncus planifolius.
2020 approx 10 small seedlings planted in plot 'Mitch',
2019 Travis seed collected and raised by Luke at the Botanic Gardens.
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Flat-leaved Rush (Juncus planifolius)Observer
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2019 Plot 'Mitch' was cleared of Ranunculus repens by grubber. So this Juncus is less than 2 years old.
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Kekeno (New Zealand Fur Seal) (Arctocephalus forsteri)Observer
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Sleeping, warm day 17degrees C. Moved 2 meters inland when waves of incoming tide woke it up, then went back to sleep.
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Tree Lupin (Lupinus arboreus)Observer
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I think gorse growing on piles of shingle.
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Genus AmphisbetiaObserver
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On Southern Tuatua.
Smallest division of grid in photo is 0.5mm
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Observer
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Plot 31
TBD: Replace photo 1 with EB photo 1
http://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Cratoneuropsis-relaxa.html - drawing seed capsule
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Observer
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Plot 13
Liverwort Riccardia sp ??
TBD: Replace photo 1 with EB photo 1.
Riccardia sp previously identified in plot 13 by Bryony Macmillan.
Looks like Racopilum to me, as in https://inaturalist.nz/observations/9865328
aha, also Racopilum convolutaceum previously identified in this plot (13) by bryony Macmillan
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Common Feather-Moss (Kindbergia praelonga)Observer
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Plot 6
Smallest division of grid in photo is 0.5mm.
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Common Feather-Moss (Kindbergia praelonga)Observer
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Plot 5
TBD: Replace photo 1 with EB photo 1.
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Philonotis tenuisObserver
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Plot 6
TBD: Add EB photo 1.
This species, Philonotis tenuis, previously identified in this plot by Bryony Macmillan.
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Observer
shona_tDescription
Plot 23
Cratoneuropsis relaxa
Scale in photo - smallest division 0.5mm
Photo 1 by EB.
http://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Cratoneuropsis-relaxa.html - good drawings at end
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Common Feather-Moss (Kindbergia praelonga)Observer
shona_tDescription
Plot 13
Racopilum convolutaceum
Scale in photo - smallest division 0.5mm
Photo 1 by EB.
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Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)Observer
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Beside plot 8.
Photo 2 clump including dirt is 45mm tall.
Common Feather-Moss (Eurhynchium praelongum) = Kindbergia praelonga
[Apr 2019: also plot 5?
Feb 2018: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/9865375]
Scale in photo - smallest division 0.5mm
Photo 1 by EB.
Native Invasion - Among The Mosses of Christchurch Bryony MacMillan
Kindbergia praelonga considered to be naturalised in NZ
http://bts.nzpcn.org.nz/bts_pdf/Cant_2004_38__25-32.pdf
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Geastrum tenuipesObserver
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Fungi? ball on top puffs out spores when touched.
8 points on fleshy green base. Ball 15mm, base 55mm ish.
Several individuals on grass mulch. Open ground beside Euphorbia planted a few months ago by Craig's team.
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Aceria carmichaeliaeObserver
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1) Gall on cut stem of NZ Broom (probably Carmichaelia australis).
2) Alive and crawling mite under microscope.
White specs are eggs?
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/164720/weed-biocontrol-issue-84.pdf
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Genus RacopilumObserver
shona_tDescription
Photo scale: smallest division is 0.5mm
plot 10
Add AB photos
? Racopilum cuspidigerum (was convolutaceum) also plot 2?
Already listed in plot 10, 13, 25, 27, 35.
http://www.nzplants.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/mosses/native-species/racopilaceae/racopilum-cuspidigerum-var-convolutaceum.html
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Genus RiccardiaObserver
shona_tDescription
Photo scale: smallest division is 0.5mm
plot 9 (moss2)
Add AB photos
? Riccardia sp. (Liverwort) also plot 1?, 9a?
Already listed in plots 10,13.
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Genus RiccardiaObserver
shona_tDescription
Photo scale: smallest division is 0.5mm
plot 9 (moss 1)
Add AB photos
? Riccardia sp. (Liverwort) also plot 1?, 9b?
Already listed in plots 10,13.
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Common Feather-Moss (Kindbergia praelonga)Observer
shona_tDescription
Photo scale: smallest division is 0.5mm
plot 8
Add AB photos
? Kindbergia praelonga (syn Eurhynchium praelongum) also plot 5? and 6?
Already listed in plots 3, 4, 10, 32.
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/bbs/Activities/mosses/Kindbergia%20praelonga.pdf
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Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)Observer
shona_tDescription
Photo scale: smallest division is 0.5mm
plot 7
Add AB photos
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Common Feather-Moss (Kindbergia praelonga)Observer
shona_tDescription
Photo scale: smallest division is 0.5mm
plot 6
Add AB photos
? Kindbergia praelonga (syn Eurhynchium praelongum) also plot 5? and 8?
Already listed in plots 3, 4, 10, 32.
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/bbs/Activities/mosses/Kindbergia%20praelonga.pdf
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Common Feather-Moss (Kindbergia praelonga)Observer
shona_tDescription
Photo scale: smallest division is 0.5mm
plot 5
Add AB photos
? Kindbergia praelonga (syn Eurhynchium praelongum) also plot 6? and 8?
Already listed in plots 3, 4, 10, 32.
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/bbs/Activities/mosses/Kindbergia%20praelonga.pdf
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Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)Observer
shona_tDescription
Photo scale: smallest division is 0.5mm
plot 4
Add AB photos
? Brachythecium sp.
Already listed in plot 4.
? Ribbed bog moss Aulacomnium palustre also plot 3?
Already listed in plot 3.
https://wnmu.edu/academic/nspages/gilaflora/aulacomnium_palustre.html
http://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Aulacomnium-palustre.html
May 2019: try Cratoneuropsis relaxa https://inaturalist.nz/observations/23116817
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Mosses (Phylum Bryophyta)Observer
shona_tDescription
Photo scale: smallest division is 0.5mm
plot 3
close up missing
Add AB photos
? Brachythecium sp.
Already listed in plot 4.
? Ribbed bog moss Aulacomnium palustre also plot 4?
Already listed in plot 3.
https://wnmu.edu/academic/nspages/gilaflora/aulacomnium_palustre.html
http://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Aulacomnium-palustre.html
May 2019: try Cratoneuropsis relaxa https://inaturalist.nz/observations/23116817
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Genus RacopilumObserver
shona_tDescription
Photo scale: smallest division is 0.5mm
plot 2
Add AB photos
? Racopilum cuspidigerum (was convolutaceum) also plot 10?
Already listed in plot 10, 13, 25, 27, 35.
http://www.nzplants.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/mosses/native-species/racopilaceae/racopilum-cuspidigerum-var-convolutaceum.html
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Genus RiccardiaObserver
shona_tDescription
Photo scale: smallest division is 0.5mm
plot 1
Add AB photos
? Riccardia sp. (Liverwort) also plot 1?, 9a?
Already listed in plots 10,13.
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Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica)Observer
shona_tDescription
Tortured, Crack, Grey Willow
Young plants ~800mm
a little bit withered.