Description: Red tussock dominated wetland at the south-western edge of the large Schoolhouse Creek alluvial outwash fan ⁹⁰

Type/Class: Fen ⁹⁰

Size: 9.1 ha

Altitude: 720 - 760 m above sea level

Approximate location: Nevis Road, 23 km Northeast of Kingston | NZTM (centre point): E1282120 N4985090

Regional Plan: Water for Otago | Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.134, Map F17

Territorial Authority: Central Otago District Council

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• Listed as an Area of Significant Indigenous Vegetation, Habitats of Indigenous Fauna and Wetlands in the Central Otago District Plan. ⁵⁵
  
  
• Presence of red tussock (Chionochloa rubra subsp. cuprea). The tussock is occupying sites where subterranean water merges on to the toe-slope of a terrace batter. ⁹⁰
  
  
• A small range of wetland herbs are present in the tussock understorey including the ‘At Risk’ buttercup Ranunculus ternatifolius. ⁹⁰

⁵⁵ Central Otago District Council (2008) Central Otago District Plan, Published by Central Otago District Council, Alexandra.

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.