Occurrence record: HO617411

Preserved specimen of Ehrharta calycina Sm. | Perennial Veldt-grass recorded on 2023-12-19
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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 HO617411
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by M.L. Baker  
Collector Muyt, A.
Record number s.n.
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Dataset name / Survey name [Australia's Virtual Herbarium]
Occurrence remarks Perennial Veldt Grass dominant cover in sections of verge. Numbering between 250-500 plants
Date identified 2024

Event

Dataset name / Survey name Australia's Virtual Herbarium  
Occurrence date 2023-12-19
Verbatim event date 19 Dec 2023
End day of year 353
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 353

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ehrharta calycina
Identified to rank species
Common name Perennial Veldt-grass
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Ehrharta
Species Ehrharta calycina
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Sm.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICBN

Geospatial

Country Australia
Supplied as "Australia"
State or Territory Tasmania
Supplied as: "Tasmania"
Locality Midlands Highway,
Supplied as: "Midlands Highway, "
Habitat
Supplied as "Verge 100% exptic cover. Thistles; Brassicaceae; Asteraceae; Lolium sp., Bromus ssp., other grasses. Soils light reddish, sandy, possibly fill from recent earthworks. Plenty of bare ground"
Latitude -41.985
Supplied as: "-41.985000"
Longitude 147.506389
Supplied as: "147.506389"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "unknown"
Verbatim coordinate system UTM
Verbatim locality Midlands Highway,
Coordinate precision 0.000278
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS unknown
Verbatim coordinates 541954 5351774

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian Northern Midlands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Northern Midlands
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian Northern Midlands
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Northern Midlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Northern Midlands
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TAMAR RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Central Tasmania
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Campbell Town
    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 Northern Midlands (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Northern Midlands - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 NORTHERN MIDLANDS 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) NORTHERN MIDLANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTH EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) LAUNCESTON AND NORTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL TASMANIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAMPBELL TOWN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PROSSER
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (Prosser)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Northern Midlands
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Local Government Areas 2023 Northern Midlands
    Postal Areas 2021 7209
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Northern Midlands
    Statistical Areas Level 3 North East
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Launceston and North East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Launceston and the North
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1753.0 frequency
    Species Richness 576.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 504.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 125.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 107.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 121.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 143.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 0.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 6.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.33
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 515.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 126.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 29.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 110.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 15.39651 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 129.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 54.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 149.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.720834 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 23.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 1.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 6.9666667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 12.191667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 14.783333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 53.007248 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 386.60797
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 24.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.25 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.57
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.87
    Elevation 214.0 m