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07-JUN-2008 Brooks Rownd

Cyanea Colony Mud Pit

Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve

This is the mud pit where the cyanea colony is located. The surface is covered with leaves and moss, over several inches of wet mud filling the depression. There are a chain of these muddy depressions throughout the area, but I only found the cyanea in this one. About 2/3 of the plants are clustered around the base of the hapu'u at left, a few are under the log on the right, and a couple of are in the middle. The mud pit didn't show any footprints, though a nearby mud pit showed a fairly recent pig wallow, and fresh pig tracks were in the area.

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