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Crown Pastoral-Tenure Review-Beaumont-Conservation Crown Pastoral Land Tenure Review Lease name : BEAUMONT STATION Lease number : PO 362 Conservation Resources Report - Part 2 As part of the process of Tenure Review, advice on significant inherent values within the pastoral lease is provided by Department of Conservation officials in the form of a Conservation Resources Report. This report is the result of outdoor survey and inspection. It is a key piece of information for the development of a preliminary consultation document. Note: Plans which form part of the Conservation Resources Report are published separately. These documents are all released under the Official information Act 1982. December 10 RELEASED UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT APPENDIX 5: Plant Species List – Beaumont Pastoral Lease Scientific name Plant type Family Abundance Localities Threat ranking Common at site name Abrotanella caespitosa DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Local Wetlands Not threatened Abrotanella inconspicua DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Local Ridgetops Not threatened Abrotanella patearoa DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Local Tops Naturally Uncommon Acaena anserinifolia DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Rosaceae Occasional Throughout Not threatened bidibid Acaena caesiiglauca DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Rosaceae Occasional Tussockland Not threatened bidibid Acaena inermis DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Rosaceae Rare Gravels Not threatened bidibid Acaena novae-zelandiae DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Rosaceae Rare Lower altitudes Not threatened bidibid Acaena tesca DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Rosaceae Rare Rock outcrops Naturally Uncommon bidibid Achillea millefolium DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Rare Lower altitudes Exotic yarrow Aciphylla aurea DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Apiaceae Common Tussockland Not threatened spaniard Aciphylla glaucescens DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Apiaceae Local riparian sites Not threatened Aciphylla hectorii DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Apiaceae Local Tops Not threatened dwarf spaniard Aciphylla scott-thomsonii DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Apiaceae Rare Gullies Not threatened spaniard Acrothamnus colensoi DICOTYLEDONOUS TREES Ericaceae Occasional Tussockland Not threatened AND SHRUBS Agrostis capillaris MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Agrostidinae Abundant Throughout Exotic browntop HERBS Agrostis muelleriana MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Poaceaea Occasional Tussockland Not threatened HERBS (Agrostidinae) Agrostis muscosa MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Gramineae Local Tops Not threatened pincushion HERBS (Agrostidinae) grass Agrostis pallescens MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Poaceaea Local Wetlands Not threatened HERBS (Agrostidinae) Agrostis personata MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Gramineae Local Ephemerally Not threatened HERBS (Agrostidinae) wet areas Agrostis stolonifera MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Agrostidinae Local Wetlands Exotic creeping bent HERBS Aira caryophyllea subsp. MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Aveninae Rare Gravels Exotic silvery hair caryophyllea HERBS grass Alopecurus geniculatus MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Agrostidinae Local Wetlands Exotic kneed foxtail HERBS Anaphalioides DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Occasional Damp sites Not threatened bellidioides Androstoma empetrifolia DICOTYLEDONOUS TREES Epacridaceae Rare Wetlands Not threatened AND SHRUBS Anemone tenuicaulis DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Ranunculaceae Rare Rock outcrops Naturally Uncommon DOCDM-640009 - Beaumont CRR RELEASED UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT Anisotome aromatica DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Apiaceae Occasional Throughout Not threatened Anisotome flexuosa DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Apiaceae Local Ridgetops Not threatened Anisotome imbricata var. DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Apiaceae Local Subalpine Not threatened imbricata cushionfield Anthoxanthum odoratum MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Phalaridinae Common Exotic Exotic sweet vernal HERBS grassland Anthriscus caucalis DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Apiaceae Local CHR 607885. Exotic beaked Exotic parsley grassland Aphanes australiana DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Rosaceae Local Exotic Exotic grassland Aporostylis bifolia MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Orchidaceae Local Wetlands Not threatened HERBS Argyrotegium mackayi DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Local Tops Not threatened Arthropodium candidum MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Liliaceae Rare Lower altitudes Not threatened HERBS Asplenium FERNS Aspleniaceae Local Beech forest Not threatened appendiculatum subsp. appendiculatum Asplenium flabellifolium FERNS Aspleniaceae Local Rock outcrops Not threatened necklace fern agg. Asplenium flaccidum FERNS Aspleniaceae Local Gullies Not threatened hanging spleenwort Asplenium hookerianum FERNS Aspleniaceae Local Lower altitudes Not threatened Hooker's spleenwort Asplenium richardii FERNS Aspleniaceae Local Rock outcrops Not threatened Astelia fragrans MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Liliaceae Rare Gullies Not threatened HERBS Astelia linearis var. MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Liliaceae Local Tops Not threatened novaezelandiae HERBS Astelia nervosa MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Liliaceae Rare Gullies Not threatened HERBS Astelia nivicola MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Liliaceae Local Snowbanks Not threatened HERBS Blechnum FERNS Blechnaceae Rare Bluffs Not threatened membranaceum Blechnum montanum FERNS Blechnaceae Local Gullies Not threatened mountain kiokio Blechnum penna-marina FERNS Blechnaceae Occasional Throughout Not threatened subsp. alpina DOCDM-640009 - Beaumont CRR RELEASED UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT Blechnum vulcanicum FERNS Blechnaceae Local Bluffs Not threatened Brachyglottis bellidioides DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Occasional Throughout Not threatened var. bellidioides Brachyglottis DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Rare Lower altitudes Not threatened southlandica Brachyscome DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Local Tussockland Unknown "Lammerlaw" Brachyscome humilis DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Local CHR 607861. Data Deficient Ephemeral wetlands Brachyscome radicata DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Rare Tussockland Not threatened Brachyscome sinclairii DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Occasional Throughout Not threatened Bromus hordeaceus MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Bromeae Local Tussockland Exotic soft brome HERBS Bulbinella angustifolia MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Liliaceae Occasional Tussockland Not threatened maori onion HERBS Callitriche petriei DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Callitrichaceae Local Damp sites Not threatened starwort Capsella bursa-pastoris DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Brassicaceae Occasional Lower altitudes Exotic shepherd's purse Cardamine (b) (CHR DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Brassicaceae Rare CHR 607865. Nationally Critical 312947; “tarn”) Ephemerally wet areas Cardamine (c) (CHR DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Brassicaceae Rare CHR 607866. Naturally Uncommon 65058; Reporoa Bog) Canadian Flats Cardamine (x) (; aff. C. DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Brassicaceae Local Bluffs Not threatened corymbosa; "small flower") Cardamine corymbosa DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Brassicaceae Rare CHR 607869. Unknown agg. (hairy silique) Rock outcrops Cardamine debilis agg. DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Brassicaceae Local CHR 607859. Not threatened Rock overhangs Carex acicularis MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Rare Tops Not threatened HERBS Carex allanii MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Rare CHR 607887. Naturally Uncommon HERBS Overhangs Carex berggrenii MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Rare Damp sites Naturally Uncommon HERBS Carex breviculmis MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Tussockland Not threatened HERBS Carex comans MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Rare Talla Burn Not threatened DOCDM-640009 - Beaumont CRR RELEASED UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT HERBS Carex coriacea MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Wetlands Not threatened HERBS Carex dissita MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Gullies Not threatened HERBS Carex echinata MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Wetlands Not threatened star sedge HERBS Carex gaudichaudiana MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Wetlands Not threatened HERBS Carex geminata MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Rare Lower altitudes Not threatened HERBS Carex hectorii MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Tops Not threatened HERBS Carex lachenalii subsp. MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Subalpine Naturally Uncommon parkeri HERBS cushionfield Carex ovalis MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Wetlands Exotic oval sedge HERBS Carex pyrenaica var. MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Tops Not threatened cephalotes HERBS Carex sinclairii MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Wetlands Not threatened HERBS Carex solandri MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Rare Lower altitudes Not threatened HERBS Carex tenuiculmis MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Wetlands Declining HERBS Carex testacea MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Talla Burn Not threatened HERBS Carex virgata MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Wetlands Not threatened HERBS Carex wakatipu agg. MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Occasional Tussockland Not threatened HERBS Carmichaelia petriei DICOTYLEDONOUS TREES Fabaceae Rare Gullies Not threatened Desert broom AND SHRUBS Carpha alpina MONOCOTYLEDONOUS Cyperaceae Local Wetlands Not threatened HERBS Celmisia (g) (CHR DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Local Wetlands Not threatened 274779; "rhizomatous") Celmisia argentea DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Local CHR 607864. Not threatened Wetlands Celmisia argentea X C. 0 Asteraceae Rare One plant in Not threatened semicordata Teviot Swamp Celmisia densiflora DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Local Tops Not threatened DOCDM-640009 - Beaumont CRR RELEASED UNDER THE OFFICIAL INFORMATION ACT Celmisia glandulosa var. DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Local Wetlands Not threatened glandulosa Celmisia gracilenta agg. DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Occasional Throughout Not threatened Celmisia graminifolia DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Local Wetlands Not threatened Celmisia laricifolia DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS Asteraceae Local Snowbank Not threatened Celmisia lyallii DICOTYLEDONOUS HERBS
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