Occurrence record: NT D0295231

Preserved specimen of Themeda triandra Forssk. | Kangaroo Grass recorded on 2025-05-22

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Dataset

Data partner	Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource	Northern Territory Herbarium (DNA) AVH data
Institution code	Department of Environment and Natural Resources Supplied institution code "DNA"
Collection	Northern Territory Herbarium (Darwin) Supplied collection code "NT"
Catalog number	NT D0295231
Occurrence ID	DNA:NT:NT D0295231
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	sheet
Identified by	Albrecht, D.
Collector	David E. Albrecht \| James B. Young
Record number	16970
Identification qualifier	det.
Reproductive condition	flower
License	CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Establishment means	native
Type	PhyscialObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as Present
Occurrence remarks	Tufted perennial grass c. 60 cm high. Occasional in mallee - spinifex vegetation on rocky sandstone upper part of spur, gentle incline. Ass. spp. Hakea grammatophylla, Acacia basedowii, Triodia spicata, Triodia brizoides and Eucalyptus gammophylla.
Date identified	2025-06-30

Event

Occurrence date	2025-05-22
End day of year	142
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	142

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Themeda triandra Supplied scientific name "Themeda triandra Forssk."
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Kangaroo Grass
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Charophyta
Class	Equisetopsida
Order	Poales
Family	Poaceae
Genus	Themeda
Species	Themeda triandra
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	Forssk.
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Northern Territory Supplied as: "The Northern Territory"
Locality	C. 1.67 km due SW of the highest point of Mereenie Bluff, NT.
Latitude	-23.634447 Supplied as: "-23.634447"
Longitude	131.936579 Supplied as: "131.936579"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Verbatim locality	C. 1.67 km due SW of the highest point of Mereenie Bluff, NT.
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	10.0
Georeference protocol	GPS
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

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Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Sydney Basin
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Cumberland
NRM Regions 2010	Sydney Metro
NRM Regions 2017	Greater Sydney
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	Greater Sydney
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Greater Sydney
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Sydney Basin
IBRA 7 Regions	Sydney Basin
IBRA 7 Subregions	Cumberland
Fire
National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324	National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	South East Coast (NSW)
Drainage Divisions Level 1	South East Coast (NSW)
Drainage Divisions Level 2	SYDNEY COAST-GEORGES RIVER
Indigenous
2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated	Central Western Desert
Indigenous Areas 2021	Liverpool
Indigenous Locations 2021	Liverpool - East
Indigenous Regions 2021	Sydney - Wollongong
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	New South Wales
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
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Fowler
Electorates March 2025	Fowler
Local Government Areas 2011	Liverpool (C)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Liverpool - East
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	22
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	2972
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	GREATER SYDNEY
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	LIVERPOOL
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	LIVERPOOL
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	SYDNEY - SOUTH WEST
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	FOWLER
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	LIVERPOOL
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	LIVERPOOL - EAST
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	SYDNEY - WOLLONGONG
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Major Cities of Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
PSMA States (2016)	NEW SOUTH WALES
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Liverpool
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Liverpool - West
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Greater Sydney
Local Government Areas 2023	Liverpool
Postal Areas 2021	2170
Remoteness Areas 2021	Major Cities of Australia
States and Territories 2021	New South Wales
Statistical Areas Level 2	Liverpool - West
Statistical Areas Level 3	Liverpool
Statistical Areas Level 4	Sydney - South West
Tourism Regions 2021	Sydney
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 woodlands
Vegetation types - present	cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	87318.0 frequency
Species Richness	3050.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	814.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	150.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	9.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	130.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	29.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	261.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	24.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	284.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	17.1 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	34.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	22.7 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	17.7 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	23.6 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	5.2 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	12.2 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	11.5 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	13.2 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.49 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.43
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	28.7 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	22.8 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	22.2 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	876.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	160.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	43.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	140.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	28.9718 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	264.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	108.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	306.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	17.879168 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	22.9 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	5.6 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	12.3 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	11.458333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	13.283333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	50.03639 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	425.32587
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	28.5 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	22.9 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	22.616667 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	48.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.59
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	0.79
Elevation	17.0 m

AVH

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Occurrence record: NT D0295231

Dataset

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Classification	Scientific name	Themeda triandra Forssk.	Themeda triandra
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795631
	Family id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51644646
	Taxon concept ID		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51291519
	Order		Poales
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51291519
	Genus	Themeda	Themeda
	Left		544832
	Scientific name authorship	Forssk.	Forssk.
	Taxon rank		species
	Genus id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51291520
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Kangaroo Grass
	Order id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51773658
	Right		544836
	Kingdom		Plantae
	Specific epithet	triandra
	Class id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795630
	Phylum		Charophyta
	Class		Equisetopsida
	Species		Themeda triandra
	Family	POACEAE	Poaceae
	Kingdom id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795632
Event	Year		2025
	End day of year		142
	Month		5
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year		142
	Day		22
	Event date	2025-05-22	2025-05-22
Identification	Date identified	2025-06-30	2025-06-30
	Identification qualifier	det.
	Identified by	[Albrecht, D.]
Occurrence	Establishment means	native	native
	Type		PhyscialObject
	Catalog number	NT D0295231
	Occurrence status	Present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2025-07-01	2025-07-01
	Reproductive condition	flower
	Record number	16970
	Collection code	NT
	Occurrence ID	DNA:NT:NT D0295231
	Preparations	sheet
	Institution code	DNA
	Recorded by	David E. Albrecht \| James B. Young
	Occurrence remarks	Tufted perennial grass c. 60 cm high. Occasional in mallee - spinifex vegetation on rocky sandstone upper part of spur, gentle incline. Ass. spp. Hakea grammatophylla, Acacia basedowii, Triodia spicata, Triodia brizoides and Eucalyptus gammophylla.
Attribution	Data resource		Northern Territory Herbarium (DNA) AVH data
	Collection		Northern Territory Herbarium (Darwin)
	License		CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
	Data provider uid		dp36
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr15866	dr15866
	Institution ID		in87
	Data partner		Australia's Virtual Herbarium
	Institution		Department of Environment and Natural Resources
	Data hub uid	[dh9]
	Collection ID		co25
Location	Country	AUSTRALIA	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-23.634447	-23.634447
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	C. 1.67 km due SW of the highest point of Mereenie Bluff, NT.	C. 1.67 km due SW of the highest point of Mereenie Bluff, NT.
	Decimal longitude	131.936579	131.936579
	State province	The Northern Territory	Northern Territory
	Verbatim locality	C. 1.67 km due SW of the highest point of Mereenie Bluff, NT.
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	10	10.0
	Lga	MacDonnell (S)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code	AU	AU
	Georeference protocol	GPS
	Geodetic datum	GDA94	EPSG:4326