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SUMMARY:Trip: Druce garden\, Pinehaven
DESCRIPTION:Botanise the remnants of Tony Druce’s garden at (address TBC). \nWear good shoes\, as it’s a bit of a climb to the old garden site. Most of what is left are larger plants (trees and shrubs)\, but they are an interesting selection. \nMeet at 10.00am at (address TBC)\, or catch the 9.05 train from Wellington\, arriving Silverstream at 9.41. \nTrip leader: Eleanor Burton trogs@duck.com\, or phone 0210588324.
URL:https://wellingtonbotsoc.org.nz/event/trip-druce-garden-pinehaven/
CATEGORIES:Evening Meeting
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SUMMARY:Talk: Plant community ecology of kettle holes
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Jane Gosden \nKettle hole tarns that form ephemeral wetlands (hereafter kettles) are plant biodiversity hotspots containing over 400 species of plants and lichens (hereafter “plant”) including numerous At Risk and Threatened species. Management of kettles is challenging because they are small (median 0.09 ha)\, widely distributed in Te Waipounamu | the South Island\, patchy in the landscape\, found across a wide range of land tenures and experience varied land uses. \nMy PhD examines four aspects of kettle plant community ecology aiming to guide management recommendations for these extraordinary ecosystems. Collectively\, my PhD covers 1) the geographic distribution of kettles and their underlying land tenure\, 2) patterns in the biodiversity of kettles along their range\, 3) changes in kettle plant communities through time\, and 4) the role of seed banks and Canada geese in the dispersal of kettle plants. So far\, my work indicates most kettle biodiversity is held off the conservation estate\, many individual kettles contain unique biodiversity\, and geese likely play an important role in kettle plant ecology.
URL:https://wellingtonbotsoc.org.nz/event/talk-plant-community-ecology-of-kettle-holes/
LOCATION:Victoria University\, Lecture Theatre M101
CATEGORIES:Evening Meeting
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SUMMARY:Trip: Gollan’s Valley\, Mt Cameron
DESCRIPTION:It is essential to contact the trip leader by Thursday 3 December if attending. \nGWRC officially took ownership of Gollan’s Valley Station\, south of East Harbour Regional Park\, last year and it is not currently open to the public. We will meet at the southern end of Muritai Road by the cycle hire shop at 9:30am\, where park ranger Robert Ashe will give a briefing.  Then we will drive in convey (possibly carpooling\, depending on numbers) to the homestead. From there we will walk up a farm vehicle track on Hornes Ridge and on to the summit of Mount Cameron. We will return via the same route so people can set their own pace but note that there is initially a 20 minute climb of 80 metres in elevation through farmland to reach the native forest and the locked gate means we may have to leave as a group. \nHighlights include areas of beech forest\, podocarps\, regionally uncommon species including Azorella hookeri\, and great views across Wellington harbour and the wetlands to the south. \nMeet: southern end of Muritai Road by the cycle hire shop at 9:30am. \nLeader: Lara Shepherd\, lara.shepherd@tepapa.govt.nz\, 027 363 5854.
URL:https://wellingtonbotsoc.org.nz/event/trip-gollans-valley-mt-cameron/
CATEGORIES:Field Trip
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