Occurrence record: MEL 2523213A

Preserved specimen of Medicago sativa L. | Lucerne recorded on 1962-10-02
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Dataset

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 2523213A
Occurrence ID 55e890ac-be12-4ca8-a2aa-6f21d6569e73
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Reed, K.  
Supplied as "Reed, K."
Record number s.n.
Reproductive condition flowers | buds
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Establishment means uncertain
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks Widely cultivated fodder crop. LUCERNE. One of the oldest forage plants; originally from the Mid. East - now world wide - (Known as Alfalfa in the USA). It is a very long lived, deep taprooted perennial grown in a wide range of soil and climatic conditions. Best development on deep alluvial soils and those of neutral or alkaline reaction, but successful also on many acid soils. An ideal hay plant, upt to 6 to 8 cuts p.a. under good conditions, down to about 14" rainfall (depending on seasonal distribution), valuable as pasture with occasional cut of hay. Disappears from grazed pastures unless adequately spelled between grazings. Lucerne flea and red-legged earth mite cause considerable damage, especially of seedlings in some parts of southern Australia. 120.
Identification ID 4bfe624f-f69e-4856-a733-505756e1698e

Event

Event ID 446f591d-95bb-4314-a91c-f069595ac35f
Occurrence date 1962-10-02
Supplied as year:1962  month:10  day:2 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 275

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Rosanae | Fabales | Fabaceae | Medicago
Scientific name Medicago sativa
Identified to rank species
Common name Lucerne
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Medicago
Species Medicago sativa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality DAC [Dookie Agricultural College].
Latitude -36.3849
Supplied as: "-36.3849000000"
Longitude 145.7073
Supplied as: "145.7073000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "1"
Verbatim locality DAC [Dookie Agricultural College].
Min elevation 165.0
Max elevation 165.0
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Georeference protocol Google Earth
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36.3849° S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145.7073° E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID e9aca731-5efa-4197-bf4e-38e3c622dea4

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Goulburn Broken
    NRM Regions 2017 Goulburn Broken
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Goulburn Broken
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW South Western Slopes
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW South Western Slopes
    IBRA 7 Subregions Inland Slopes
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Greater Shepparton (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Gr. Shepparton - Pt B East
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GREATER SHEPPARTON CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 51
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3559
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SHEPPARTON REGION - EAST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SHEPPARTON
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SHEPPARTON
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) NICHOLLS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAMPASPE - SHEPPARTON - MOIRA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SHEPPARTON
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NORTHERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone - Tri State FFEZ
    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

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 547.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 174.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 100.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 102.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 174.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 27.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.77
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.183333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 45.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.55
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.95
    Elevation 185.0 m