Occurrence record: BRI AQ0912949

Preserved specimen of Diplacrum caricinum R.Br. | Scleria recorded on 2013-05-11
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource BRI AVH Data and Images
Institution code Queensland Department of Environment and Science
Supplied institution code "BRI"
Collection Queensland Herbarium
Supplied collection code "Herbrecs"
Catalog number BRI AQ0912949
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:BRI:Herbrecs:0912949
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Photograph|Sheet
Collector Searle, J.B.  
Supplied as "Searle, J.B."
Record number JS13/150
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2022-03-08

Event

Occurrence date 2013-05-11
Event remarks Site Q298. Mesophyll palm forest (Hydriastele wendlandiana) on permanently wet black soil. Forms abrupt edge to surrounding open woodland with yellow soils of eroding slope of bauxite plateau. Dense shady canopy to 20m with persistent groundcover of sedges (Scleria ciliaris) and ferns to 1m in height, 5 degree slope to S.(RE 3.3.5/3.3.g; Gunness land unit 4b). Small clumping sedge to 400mm long, drooping in grassland understorey, with inflorescences borne on lower side of stem. Occurs in localised depression on dark soil.
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Equisetopsida | Magnoliidae | Lilianae | Poales | Cyperaceae | Diplacrum
Scientific name Diplacrum caricinum
Identified to rank species
Common name Scleria
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Streptophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Order Poales
Family Cyperaceae
Genus Diplacrum
Species Diplacrum caricinum
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship R.Br.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia, Queensland, Cook
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Far eastern corner of East Weipa mining lease, ca. 28km E of Weipa, Cape York.
Habitat
Supplied as "On springhead of northern tributary to Marmoss Creek, approximately 2km S of Peninsula Development Rd and Scherger Defence Base."
Latitude -12.673249
Supplied as: "-12.6732489400"
Longitude 142.081084
Supplied as: "142.0810837000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Georeference protocol GPS
County Cook
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Weipa Plateau
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EMBLEY RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 59
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 590
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE YORK WILDERNESS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1909.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 124.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 589.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 134.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1402.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 16.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.64 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.52
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.095833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 64.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.51
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 41.0 m