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Occurrence record: HO611953

Preserved specimen of Baloskion australe (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson | Mountain Cord-rush recorded on 2022-11-18
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Tasmanian Herbarium (HO) AVH data
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "HO"
Collection Tasmanian Herbarium
Supplied collection code "HO"
Catalog number HO611953
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by CONF:M.F. de Salas  
Collector Davies, J.B.
Record number 939
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Dataset / Survey name [Australia's Virtual Herbarium]
Occurrence remarks Highly localised, growing where shallow peats develop on Triassic sandstone.
Date identified 2022

Event

Dataset / Survey name Australia's Virtual Herbarium  
Occurrence date 2022-11-18
Verbatim event date 18 Nov 2022
End day of year 322
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 322

Taxonomy

Scientific name Baloskion australe
Supplied scientific name "Baloskion australe (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson"
Identified to rank species
Common name Mountain Cord-rush
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Poales
Family Restionaceae
Genus Baloskion
Species Baloskion australe
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (R.Br.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICBN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Lake Dobson Road, Mt Field National Park.
Habitat
Supplied as "Acid heathland/Eucalyptus subcrenulata woodland/Richea pandanifolia. Associated with Sphagnum cristatum."
Latitude -42.683611
Supplied as: "-42.683611"
Longitude 146.673306
Supplied as: "146.673306"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "EPSG:4283"
Verbatim locality Lake Dobson Road, Mt Field National Park.
Min elevation 650
Coordinate precision 0.016667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Terrestrial true
Elevation 650
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Mount Field
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Mount Field
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Mount Field
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian Southern Ranges
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Southern Ranges
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian Southern Ranges
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Southern Ranges
    IBRA 7 Subregions Southern Ranges
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DERWENT RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Central Tasmania
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Derwent Valley
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lyons
    Electorates March 2025 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Derwent Valley (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Derwent Valley
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DERWENT VALLEY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DERWENT VALLEY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL TASMANIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DERWENT VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) DERWENT
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (Derwent)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Derwent Valley
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Local Government Areas 2023 Derwent Valley
    Postal Areas 2021 7140
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Derwent Valley
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Central Highlands (Tas.)
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Tall Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 20629.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2361.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1164.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 342.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 206.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 211.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 374.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 52.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 19.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 0.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 4.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.15
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 6.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1230.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 349.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 72.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 227.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 20.096535 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 227.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 133.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 384.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 8.6375 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 1.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 4.7666664 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.708333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 12.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.761906 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 314.6869
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 18.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 12.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 5.25 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.96
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 630.0 m