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Occurrence record: MBA 677.1

Preserved specimen of Heritiera littoralis Aiton | Red Mangrove recorded on 1978-06-04
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Australian Tropical Herbarium (CNS) AVH data
Institution code Australian Tropical Herbarium
Supplied institution code "CNS"
Collection Australian Tropical Herbarium
Supplied collection code "CNS"
Catalog number MBA 677.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Collector Clarkson, J.R.
Record number 2062
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition in collection

Event

Occurrence date 1978-06-04
End day of year 155
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 155

Taxonomy

Scientific name Heritiera littoralis
Supplied scientific name "Heritiera littoralis Aiton"
Identified to rank species
Common name Red Mangrove
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Malvales
Family Malvaceae
Genus Heritiera
Species Heritiera littoralis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Aiton
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Upper reaches of Escape River near tidal effects limit.
Latitude -11.05
Supplied as: "-11.05"
Longitude 142.65
Supplied as: "142.65"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
County Cook
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 11 3 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142 39 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Escape River
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Escape River
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Escape River
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Escape River
    Directory of Important Wetlands Newcastle Bay - Escape River Estuarine Complex
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 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 Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 JACKY JACKY CREEK
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Cape York
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Cape York Wilderness
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cape York
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Cape York Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Leichhardt
    Electorates March 2025 Leichhardt
    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
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Cook
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Cape York
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Cook
    Postal Areas 2021 4874
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Cape York
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Far North
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Mangrove
    Forests of Australia 2018B Mangrove
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mangroves
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mangroves
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Unresolved Tenure
    Vegetation types - native Mangroves,tidal mudflats,samphires and bare areas,claypan,sand,rock,salt lakes,lagoons,lakes
    Vegetation types - present Mangroves

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 120.0 frequency
    Species Richness 58.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1699.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 40.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 108.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 567.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 105.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1101.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 12.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.63 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.41
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1820.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 73.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 7.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 104.078354 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 682.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 409.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1166.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.541666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 10.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 21.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 24.866667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.7166667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 25.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 63.968254 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 120.07259
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 31.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.833334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.433334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 65.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.56
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 7.0 m