Occurrence record: MEL 0722857A

Preserved specimen of Triodia mitchellii Benth. | Buck Spinifex recorded on 1936-03-15
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Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
Institution code Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Supplied institution code "MEL"
Collection National Herbarium of Victoria
Supplied collection code "MEL"
Catalog number MEL 0722857A
Occurrence ID fd16eae2-6373-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Blake, S.T.  
Supplied as "Blake, S.T."
Record number 10786
Reproductive condition flowers
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Forming large dense green tussocks up to 3 ft in diameter; culms branched below, flowering branches erect to 4 ft; spikelets mostly silvery grey.
Identification ID f933bf1c-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 388e5e39-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1936-03-15
Supplied as year:1936  month:3  day:15 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 75

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Lilianae | Poales | Poaceae | Triodia
Scientific name Triodia mitchellii
Identified to rank species
Common name Buck Spinifex
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Triodia
Species Triodia mitchellii
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Benth.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality c. 30 miles W of St George.
Habitat
Supplied as "Low ridge on pale yellow sand with Angophora melanoxylon."
Latitude -28.05
Supplied as: "-28.0500000000"
Longitude 148.0833
Supplied as: "148.0833000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality c. 30 miles W of St George.
Min elevation 183.0
Max elevation 183.0
Field notes Forming large dense green tussocks up to 3 ft in diameter; culms branched below, flowering branches erect to 4 ft; spikelets mostly silvery grey.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 25000.0
Georeferenced by National Herbarium of Victoria
Terrestrial true
Elevation c. 600 ft
Verbatim latitude 28° 3' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 5' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID 9d8760b3-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Tablelands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Tablelands
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions New England Tablelands
    IBRA 7 Regions New England Tablelands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Glenn Innes-Guyra Basalts
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MACLEAY RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Armidale Dumaresq (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Armidale Dumaresq Bal
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ARMIDALE REGIONAL COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 15
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1753
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ARMIDALE REGION - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ARMIDALE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NEW ENGLAND AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) NEW ENGLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ARMIDALE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ARMIDALE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NORTH-EASTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NORTHERN TABLELANDS
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    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 Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 856.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 141.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 140.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 35.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 321.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 322.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 27.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 0.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.36
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.179167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.56
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 152.0 m