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Description: Moist hollow on sandflats behind foredunes. 1
Type/Class: Marsh. 2
Size: 40.0 ha.
Altitude: 0–60 m above sea level.
Approximate location: 7 km South East of Owaka | NZTM (centre point): E1350500 N4848100.
Regional Plan: Water for Otago | Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.41, Map F36.
Territorial Authority: Clutha District Council.
Value | Description |
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A1 | Habitat for nationally or internationally rare or threatened species or communities. Presence of the threatened plant species Mazus arenarius and the insufficiently known species Libertia peregrinans. 1, 2 |
A5 | Scarce in Otago in terms of its ecological or physical character. Less than 15% of marshes remain in Otago. 2 |
A2 - A4, A7, A8 | 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.
20 Rogers, G. (1999) Coastal turfs of mainland New Zealand: their composition, environmental character, and conservation needs. Science for Conservation: 107. Published by the Department of Conservation, Wellington.
21 Patrick, B.H., Conservation of southern coastal moths: Part 3. ¬Cannibal Bay – False Islet. Published by the Department of Conservation – Otago Conservancy, Dunedin.
94 Department of Conservation – Photo Archive.