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Von Valley Wetland Management Area
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Von Valley Wetland Management Area
Description: A large area of wetlands (including tarns, kettle holes, restiad bogs, cushion bogs, rush and sedge swamps, moist depressions and seepages) west of Lake Wakatipu in the Von Valley.
Type/Class: Bog, swamp, and tarn. 1
Size: 2.5 ha.
Altitude: 500 - 540 m above sea level.
Approximate location: 33 km Northwest of Kingston. NZTM (centre point): E1231400 N4984800
Regional Plan: Water for Otago | Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.163, Maps F9 & F10.
Territorial Authority: Queenstown Lakes District Council
Interactive map of Von Valley Wetland Management Area
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| A1 | Habitat for nationally or internationally rare or threatened species or communities. Presence of threatened plant species Cardamine sp., Oreomyrrhis colensoi var. delicatula, Crassula multicaulis, Isolepis basilaris, Tufted hair-grass (Deschampsia caespitosa), Ranunculus ternatifolius and Brachyscome linearis. 1 |
| A3 | High diversity of wetland habitat types. High diversity of habitat types (see physical description above). 1 |
| A5 | Scarce in Otago in terms of its ecological or physical character. Some of the wetlands are scarce in Otago Region terms of physical/ecological character. 1 |
| A7 | High diversity of indigenous wetland flora and fauna. High diversity of flora (the botany of the kettleholes and their margins is described by Johnson 1993c 99). 1 |
| A2, A4, A6, A8, A9 | 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.
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