Description:

Red tussock swamp in the upper valley floor of the Blackcleugh Burn, on the east side of the Blue Mountains. ⁸⁵

Type/Class:

Swamp. ²

Size:

3.5 ha.

Altitude:

300-600 m above sea level.

Approximate location:

6.3 km Northwest of the intersection of Blackcleugh Road and Rongahere Road, Lawrence.
NZTM (centre point): E1322560 N4910650.

Regional Plan:

Water for Otago
Schedule 9 Regionally Significant Wetland, no.11, Map F28.

Territorial Authority:

Clutha District Council.

Other Information:

• Large wetland area on the terrace surrounded by drier tussockland and well drained alluvial flats. In addition to this larger wetland other localised wetland areas can be found on the alluvial flats. ¹⁰¹
  
  
• Native plant species recorded during a survey of the wetland in December 2009 include Acaena anserinifolia, Acaena inermis, Aciphylla glaucescens, Aristotelia serrata, Asplenium flaccidum, Blechnum fluviatile, Blechnum montanum, Blechnum penna-marina, Carex breviculmis, Carex comans, Carex coriacea, Carex dissita, Carex flagellifera, Carex secta, Carex solandri, Carmichaelia virgata, Carpodetus serratus, Celmisia gracilenta, Chiloglottis cornuta, Chionochloa conspicua, Chionochloa rigida, Chionochloa rubra, Clematis marata, Coprosma propinqua, Coprosma rigida, Coprosma rotundifolia, Coprosma taylorii, Cordyline australis, Corokia cotoneaster, Cortaderia richardii, Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, Eleocharis acuta, Epilobium alsinoides, Festuca novae-zelandiae, Fuchsia excorticate, Gastrodium cunninghamii, Geranium microphyllum, Gentiana grisebachii, Griselinia littoralis, Hebe salicifolia, Hierochloe redolens, Histeopteris incise, Hoheria glabrata, Hydrocotyle moschata, Hydrocotyle novae-zelandiae var. Montana, Hydrocotyle novae-zelandiae var., Hypolepis millefolium, Kunzea ericoides, Melicytus alpines, Microsorus pustulatus, Montia fontana, Muehlenbeckia australis, Myosotis arvensis, Nothofagus menziesii, Olearia avicennia folia, Olearia fimbriata, Olearia lineata, Oreomyrrhis ramose, Oxalis exilis, Ozothamnus vauvilliersii, Phormium cookianum, Pittosporum tenuifolium, Poa breviglumis, Poa cita, Podocarpus hallii, Polystichum vestitum, Pseudopanax crassifolius, Pseudowintera colorata, Pteridium esculentum, Ranunculus glabrifolius, Ranunculus membranifolius, Rubus cissoides, Rumex flexuosus, Schizeilema trifoliolatum, Stellaria parviflora, Uncinia rubra, Uncinia uncinata, Urtica incise, Viola filicaulis. ⁸⁵
  
  
• Introduced plant species recorded during a survey of the wetland in December 2009 include Agrostis capillaries, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Cerastium fontanum, Cirsium arvense, Cirsium vulgare, Conium macilenta, Crepis capillaris, Cytisus scoparius, Dactylis glomerata, Digitalis purpurea, Epilobium ciliatum, Galium aparine, Hieracium lepidulum, Holcus lanatus, Hypochaeris radicata, Juncus articulates, Juncus effuses, Pinus contorta, Poa pratense, Ranunculus repens, Rosa rubiginosa, Rumex acetosella, Rumex crispus, Rubus fruticosus, Senecio jacobaea, Stellaria alsine, Trifolium dubium, Trifolium repens, Ulex europaeus, Verbascum thapsis. ⁸⁵

Aerial View of Blackcleugh Burn Swamp(March 2006)

Blackcleugh Burn Swamp (December 2009) ⁹⁴