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Description: Salt pan area on low terrace near Belmont 1
Type/Class: Inland saline 2
Size: 20.4 ha
Altitude: 380-400 m above sea level
Approximate location: South of the intersection of Puketoi Road and Puketoi Runs Road, Ranfurly | NZTM (centre point): E1358160 N4980950
Regional Plan: Water for Otago | Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.6, Map F22
Territorial Authority: Central Otago District Council
Value | Description |
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A1 | Habitat for nationally or internationally rare or threatened species or communities. Presence of nationally critical saltgrass Puccinellia raroflorens and naturally uncommon Atriplex buchananii. 2 |
A5 | Scarce in Otago in terms of its ecological or physical character. Wetland scarce in terms of ecological character: one of only two sites at which the salt tolerant plant glasswort (Sarcocornia quinqueflora) is recorded in Central Otago. Other saline-soil plants present and a distinctive salt-adapted moth fauna. 1, 4 Less than 18% of inland saline areas remain in Otago. 2 |
A2-A4, A6-A9 | No relevant information is currently held by the ORC. |
1 Otago Regional Council (2004) Regional Plan: Water for Otago. Published by the Otago Regional Council, Dunedin.
2 Ausseil, A.G., Newsome, P., Johnson, P. (2008) Wetland Mapping in the Otago Region. Landcare Research Contract Report prepared for the Otago Regional Council.
4 Peat, N. and Patrick, B. H. (1999) Wild Central. Discovering the natural history of Central Otago. Published by the University of Otago Press, Dunedin.
8 Allen, R.B. and McIntosh, P.D. (1997) Guidelines for conservation of salt pans in Central Otago. Science for Conservation: 49. Published by the Department of Conservation, Wellington.
55 Central Otago District Council (2008) Central Otago District Plan, Published by Central Otago District Council, Alexandra.
94 Department of Conservation – Photo Archive.