Occurrence record: NSW612094

Preserved specimen of Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf. | Creeping Pear recorded on 2003-11-28
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Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource NSW AVH feed
Institution code The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust
Supplied institution code "NSW"
Collection National Herbarium of New South Wales
Supplied collection code "NSW"
Catalog number NSW612094
Occurrence ID NSW:NSW:NSW612094
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Collector Cherry, W.A.
Record number 508
Reproductive condition flowers|fruits
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Degree of establishment naturalised
Establishment means introduced
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Localy occasional. Decumbent spreading shrub to c. 25 cm high. Flowers 6-8 cm across. Petaloids yellow, tinged rose towards base, 2.4-2.8 cm across, 3-3.5 cm long. Sepaloids greenish, tinged purplish red. Style, stigmas, filaments and anthers yellow. Ovary 3.5-4 cm long, c. 1.5 cm across. Flowering pads c. 1 cm thick. Areoles spaced c. 2 cm apart. Occasional long spines present.

Event

Occurrence date 2003-11-28
End day of year 332
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 332

Taxonomy

Scientific name Opuntia humifusa
Supplied scientific name "Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf."
Identified to rank species
Common name Creeping Pear
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Caryophyllales
Family Cactaceae
Genus Opuntia
Species Opuntia humifusa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Raf.) Raf.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN
Verbatim taxon rank species

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality SW side of New England Highway, 3.9 km N of the Hunter River crossing at Singleton
Habitat Open woodland of Corymbia maculata and Eucalyptus crebra with understorey dominated by grasses.
Latitude -32.544444
Supplied as: "-32.5444444"
Longitude 151.148889
Supplied as: "151.1488889"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim coordinate system degrees minutes seconds
Coordinate precision 0.000278
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Georeference sources GPS
County North Coast
Terrestrial true
Elevation 120 m
Verbatim latitude 32 32 40 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151 08 56 E
Verbatim coordinates 32 32 40 S, 151 08 56 E

Additional properties

duplicates distributed to TARCH | AD | MEL
originating herbarium NSW

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 54fe2c63-9e41-4e59-b6b2-4aa607c3a98b
    Data Resource NSW AVH feed
    Raw Scientific Name Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
    Coordinates -32.544444,151.148889
    Related records
    Record UUID 615821c9-e8c8-42b9-96a3-beb2dd830176
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Opuntia humifusa
    Coordinates -32.5444,151.1489
    Record UUID de49fce2-df0c-4409-b8ae-4b10650dfa9b
    Data Resource NSW AVH feed
    Raw Scientific Name Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf.
    Coordinates -32.544444,151.148889

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Hunter Valley GER Hunter Valley
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    Hunter Areas Of Interest Mid Valley
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Murrumbateman
    NRM Regions 2010 ACT
    NRM Regions 2017 ACT
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 ACT
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 ACT
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Murrumbateman
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Stromlo - Namadgi
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Stromlo - Namadgi
    Indigenous Regions 2021 ACT
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 ACT and Jervis Bay
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Australian Capital Territory
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Australian Capital Territory
    Australian States and Territories Australian Capital Territory
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Bean
    Electorates March 2025 Bean
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorporated ACT
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Remainder of ACT
    Local Government Areas 2023 Unincorporated ACT
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SNOWY MONARO REGIONAL COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions South East
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 46
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ACT - SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) URRIARRA - NAMADGI
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BEAN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) STROMLO - NAMADGI
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) STROMLO - NAMADGI
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ACT
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRINDABELLA
    PSMA States (2016) AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Brindabella
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 ACT - South West
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Australian Capital Territory
    Postal Areas 2021 2620
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Australian Capital Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 1 10103101608
    Statistical Areas Level 2 ACT - South West
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Uriarra - Namadgi
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Australian Capital Territory
    Tourism Regions 2021 Canberra
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Industrial plantation
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Softwood plantation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Tall Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Multiple Use Forest
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 9560.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1610.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1004.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 279.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 212.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 230.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 295.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 39.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) -0.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 5.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.77
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 6.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 969.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 257.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 62.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 209.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 13.791399 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 209.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 97.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 279.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 10.958333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 26.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min -1.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 4.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 12.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 17.233334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.768063 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 511.00095
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 24.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.233334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 7.616667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.76
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1013.0 m