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Veronica lanceolataObserver
jon_terryDescription
In riverbed of Ruamahanga River at Mt Bruce. Small shrub up to 20cm with numerous white flowers on one stalk. 4 or 5? Petals, purple ring near green Centre. Leaves opposite, flower stalk arising in axil of leaf.
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Wiwi (Juncus edgariae)Observer
jon_terryDescription
Features key out to J. edgariae, but what about the mucronate spike on the leaf shealth, like J. pallidus?
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Willowherbs (Genus Epilobium)Observer
jon_terryDescription
Stem round, diameter 3mm, another sample has a purple stem. Pink? flower, silique is 80mm x 1.5mm. Seed tufted, <1mm, leaves 60mm x 8mm. leaf margin is "bluntly toothed" - see diagram. Whole plant is glabrous.
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Plants (Kingdom Plantae)Observer
jon_terryDescription
Trailing dicot herb on bank of stream, in sheep country
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New Zealand Willowherb (Epilobium nummulariifolium)Observer
jon_terryDescription
On bank beside stream in farmland
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New Zealand Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis ssp. assimilis)Observer
jon_terryDescription
Beside a hide at Pauatahanui Estuary Reserve
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Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)Observer
jon_terryDescription
Ruahine Range. Track from Oroua River roadened to Cumberfield Creek.
Looks like Teloschistes but wrong colour, is K- and apothecia are orange or pink,
Fruticose key:
1 Thallus uniform 15
15 Thallus solid 20
20 Thallus not yellow 21 K test -ve
21 Photobiont green 25
25 flattened thallus 40
40 no ventral or dorsal colour change 42
42 Terracolous? not sure.
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Bullseye Lichens (Genus Placopsis)Observer
jon_terryDescription
Growing on smooth stone in Oroua River bed between the broadened and Iron Gate Hut.
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Dibaeis arcuataObserver
jon_terryDescription
Oroua River, halfway along valley track between roadend and Iron Gate Hut. On soil/clay bank beside track next to Dibaeis absoluta (also logged on NatureWatch). Green/Grey thallus, pink podetia with orange apothecia. Photo by iPhone 4S.
Observer
jon_terryDescription
Oroua River, halfway along valley track between roadend and Iron Gate Hut. On soil/clay bank beside track. Green thallus, pink apothecia. Surrounded by Baeomyces heteromorphus? (also logged on Nature Watch) which has pink podetia with orange apothecia.
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Anagotus oconnoriObserver
jon_terryDescription
Anagotus sp. cf. o'connori
Giant Astelia weevil, 15 mm long
Id by Barbara Barratt, Agresearch.
At tree line of Eastern Tararua range, Mid King Bivvy . Light drizzle.
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Orbweavers (Family Araneidae)Observer
jon_terryDescription
At tree line , Mid King Bivvy, Eastern Tararua Range, light drizzle
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Genus AthoracophorusObserver
jon_terryDescription
At Mid King Bivvy, Eastern Tararua Range. Light drizzle. Tree line on Aciphylla, speargrass.
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Pyrosoma atlanticumObserver
jon_terryDescription
Hundreds of these sea cucumbers have washed up at Rangatira, Kapiti Island the last few days. Is this a common species?
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New Zealand Giraffe Weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis)Observer
jon_terryDescription
At Wharenui, Rangatira Flat, Kapiti Island