A place to gather all the natural history photos taken when caving, botanising, and tramping on the Marino Mountains, Mt Owen massif.
"Plant-hunting on Mt Owen" is the name of the first naturalist excursion to the area by W. Townson, in 1902, this was followed by C.J.E. Bell's thesis on the reationship between the soils and the plants species, exploration trips from 1984 to 1992 by ...more ↓
A place to gather all the natural history photos taken when caving, botanising, and tramping on the Marino Mountains, Mt Owen massif.
"Plant-hunting on Mt Owen" is the name of the first naturalist excursion to the area by W. Townson, in 1902, this was followed by C.J.E. Bell's thesis on the reationship between the soils and the plants species, exploration trips from 1984 to 1992 by Tony Druce, with his List 232 updated by DOC botanist by Shannel Courtney. Now Naturewatch is the latest format for sharing the pleasures of wandering around this magnificent landscape (on a sunny day) admiring the pleasing mosaic of plants, rocks, birds and slug trails.
The area encompasses the marble and shale between the Owen River - Bulmer Creek - Fyffe River- Nuggety Creek and Granity Creek. It excludes the limestone Turks Cap range and the granitic Lookout Range.
References for plant species:
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZI19020801.2.12
C. J. E. Bell (1973) Mountain Soils and Vegetation in the Owen Range,Nelson, New Zealand Journal of Botany, 11:1, 73-92,
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0028825X.1973.10430264
The Tony Druce Plant Lists numbers 232, 245, 305, 306
http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/publications/Druce%20list%20232.pdf
John Bartlett 1987. Mosses of the Mt Owen and Turks Cap http://bts.nzpcn.org.nz/bts_pdf/Well_1987_43__75-85.pdf
Shannel Courtney, the North West Nelson Botanist
less ↑
Mt Owen Marino Mountains
alice_shanks
created this project on March 18, 2013
