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Description: A cushion-plant bog with large peat dome, wire rush (Empodisma minus), sedges, herbs and scrubs. 1
Type/Class: Swamp. 2
Size: 5.9 ha.
Altitude: 380-400 m above sea level.
Approximate location: 2.4 km Northwest of intersection of Black Swamp Road and Fleets Road, Milton. NZTM (centre point): E1359810 N4901170.
Regional Plan: Water for Otago | Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.10, Map F31.
Territorial Authority: Clutha District Council.
Value | Description |
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A4 | High degree of wetland naturalness. Vegetation is mainly wire rush (Empodisma minus) and Sphagnum sp., with Manuka and Dracophyllum sp., plus rushes and sedges in surrounding lags. 2, 5 |
A5 | Scarce in Otago in terms of its ecological or physical character. Scarce wetland type: very little of this type of wetland left in the Otago Region. 1 Less than 15% of swamps remain in Otago. 2 |
A1-A3, 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.
5 Johnson, P. N. (1985) Black Swamp: Botanical Report. Botany Division, D.S.I.R., Dunedin.
6 Walker, S., et al. (2001) A Chionochloa/Sphagnum/cushion valley bog in East Otago, New Zealand. In: New Zealand Journal of Ecology, Vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 39–52.
95 Stephenson, G.K., Card, B., et al. (1983) Wetland: A Diminishing Resource (A Report for the Environmental Council. Water and Soil Miscellaneous Publication No.58. Published by the Ministry of Works and Development - Water and Soil Division, Wellington.