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Description: Saltmarsh with high botanical value and adjacent coastal forest located near the mouth of the Catlins Lake. 90
Type/Class: Saltmarsh.
Size: 7.1 ha.
Altitude: 0 - 20 m above sea level.
Approximate location: 2 km South of the intersection of Pounawea Road and Duttons Road, Pounawea | NZTM (centre point): E1345750 N4847540.
Regional Plan: Water for Otago | Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.63, Map F32.
Territorial Authority: Clutha District Council.
Value | Description |
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A3 | High diversity of wetland habitat types. The saltmarsh is part of a vegetation sequence which grades from marsh through intermediary shrubs and finally into mature podocarp forest. 71 |
A5 | Scarce in Otago in terms of its ecological or physical character. Less than 15% of marshes remain in Otago. 2 The opportunity to observe saltmarsh and adjacent coastal forest is now very limited as examples of this kind of vegetation sequence have become extremely rare. 71 |
A1, A2, A4, A6 - A9 | No relevant information is currently held by the ORC. |
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.
71 Department of Conservation. Super Sites for Conservation Education – Catlins. Published by the Department of Conservation, Wellington. Report prepared for the Otago regional Council, Dunedin.
90 Department of Conservation (2010) Comments on the Consultative Draft Proposed Plan Change 2 (Regionally Significant Wetlands) to the Regional Plan: Water for Otago. Department of Conservation - Otago Conservancy, Dunedin.