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Occurrence record: PERTH 9427716

Preserved specimen of Ptilotus exaltatus Nees | Lambs Tail recorded on 2005-08-22
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Western Australian Herbarium (PERTH) AVH data
Institution code Western Australia, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Supplied institution code "PERTH"
Collection Western Australian Herbarium
Supplied collection code "PERTH"
Catalog number PERTH 9427716
Occurrence ID 9427716
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector S. van Leeuwen, et al.
Record number PBS 1711
License CC0
Supplied as CC0 International
Rights holder Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
Institution ID https://www.gbif.org/grscicoll/institution/d129a8d1-2339-4a47-aa19-a8e0a078082a
Field Number PBS 1711
Language en
Degree of establishment native
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code PERTH
Collection https://www.gbif.org/grscicoll/collection/4c63d5f6-b20b-49e5-8006-e2af210eab0e
Dataset / Survey name [PERTH AVH data]
Occurrence remarks Distal colluvial or sheet-flood fan. Zero slope. Abundant coarse fragments to maximum size of 60 mm. No bedrock exposed. Red brown loam, average depth 35.6 cm.
Access rights https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/help/copyright
Identification verification status verified

Event

Dataset / Survey name PERTH AVH data  
Field Number PBS 1711
Occurrence date 2005-08-22
Verbatim event date 22 Aug 2005
End day of year 234
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 234

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ptilotus exaltatus
Supplied scientific name "Ptilotus exaltatus Nees"
Identified to rank species
Common name Lambs Tail
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Caryophyllales
Family Amaranthaceae
Genus Ptilotus
Species Ptilotus exaltatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Nees
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICBN
Taxonomic status accepted

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Site: DRC03, N side of Highway, 600 m W of Karratha turnoff on North West Coastal Highway, 11.6 km ENE of Mt Regal, 6.3 km S of Karratha, Pilbara IBRA
Habitat
Supplied as "Distal colluvial or sheet-flood fan. Zero slope. Abundant coarse fragments to maximum size of 60 mm. No bedrock exposed. Red brown loam, average depth 35.6 cm. Scattered Tall Shrubs of Acacia xiphophylla over Shrubland of Acacia xiphophylla over Low Shrubland of Acacia xiphophylla, Senna artemisioides subsp. oligophylla & Acacia bivenosa over Hummock Grassland of Triodia pungens with Scattered Tussock Grass of Chrysopogon fallax over Very Open Bunch Grassland of Aristida contorta over Open Herbs of Ptilotus exaltatus, Trianthema triquetra & Lepidium sp."
Latitude -20.79417
Supplied as: "-20.79417000"
Longitude 116.85672
Supplied as: "116.85672000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Verbatim locality Site: DRC03, N side of Highway, 600 m W of Karratha turnoff on North West Coastal Highway, 11.6 km ENE of Mt Regal, 6.3 km S of Karratha, Pilbara IBRA
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Location according to collector
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Ptilotus exaltatus Nees

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Pilbara
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Roebourne
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Pilbara
    IBRA 7 Regions Pilbara
    IBRA 7 Subregions Roebourne
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PORT HEDLAND COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Karratha
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements RTIO Ngarluma Indigenous Land Use Agreement (Body Corporate Agreement)
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Karratha
    Indigenous Regions 2021 South Hedland
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Pilbara
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Pilbara
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Durack
    Electorates March 2025 Durack
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements RTIO Ngarluma Indigenous Land Use Agreement (Body Corporate Agreement)
    Local Government Areas 2011 Roebourne (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Roebourne
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KARRATHA
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Ngarluma/Yindjibarndi
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 117
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1600
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KARRATHA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST PILBARA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KARRATHA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KARRATHA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH HEDLAND
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PILBARA, MP
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Karratha
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Karratha
    Postal Areas 2021 6714
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Karratha
    Statistical Areas Level 3 West Pilbara
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (North)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's North West
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tussock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 8166.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1062.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 259.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 53.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 102.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 142.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 152.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 23.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 26.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.39
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 31.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 279.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 56.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 0.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 90.99601 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 124.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 71.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 156.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.2375 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 26.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 12.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 21.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 14.941667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 27.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 55.54523 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 465.0666
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 39.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 32.216667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 32.183334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.08
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.16
    Elevation 22.0 m