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Occurrence record: NSW1182845

Preserved specimen of Eragrostis megalosperma F.Muell. ex Benth. | A Love Grass recorded on 1973-04
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Dataset

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 NSW1182845
Occurrence ID NSW:NSW:NSW1182845
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by NSW  
Collector Williams, A.R.
Record number s.n.
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Degree of establishment native
Establishment means native
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks [TARCH 1490]. [See Notes Tab for more information].

Event

Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1973, Month: 4, Day:
Supplied date "1973-04"
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Eragrostis megalosperma
Supplied scientific name "Eragrostis megalosperma F.Muell. ex Benth."
Identified to rank species
Common name A Love Grass
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Eragrostis
Species Eragrostis megalosperma
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship F.Muell. ex Benth.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN
Verbatim taxon rank species

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality Berrioye "A".
Habitat
Supplied as "R.B.E. [Red brown earth]. Land use: Grazed/Cleared. Slope: Hilly to steep hilly. Parent material: Carboniferous sediments."
Latitude -30.526111
Supplied as: "-30.5261111"
Longitude 150.304722
Supplied as: "150.3047222"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "EPSG:4283"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees minutes seconds
Coordinate precision 0.000278
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 300.0
County North Western Slopes
Terrestrial true
Elevation 411 m
Verbatim latitude 30 31 34 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150 18 17 E
Verbatim SRS EPSG:4283
Verbatim coordinates 30 31 34 S, 150 18 17 E

Additional properties

duplicates distributed to NSW
originating herbarium TARCH

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Nandewar
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Peel
    NRM Regions 2010 Namoi
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NSW
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North West NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NSW
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Nandewar
    IBRA 7 Regions Nandewar
    IBRA 7 Subregions Peel
    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 Narrabri
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Narrabri - Surrounds
    Indigenous Regions 2021 North-Eastern NSW
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Parkes
    Electorates March 2025 Parkes
    Local Government Areas 2011 Narrabri (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Narrabri
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 NARRABRI SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North West
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1595
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NARRABRI REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MOREE - NARRABRI
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NEW ENGLAND AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PARKES
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NARRABRI
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NARRABRI - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NORTH-EASTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TAMWORTH
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Barwon
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Narrabri Surrounds
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Local Government Areas 2023 Narrabri
    Postal Areas 2021 2382
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 11003119808
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Narrabri Surrounds
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Moree - Narrabri
    Statistical Areas Level 4 New England and North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 New England North West
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Callitris
    Forests of Australia 2018B Callitris
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 753.0 frequency
    Species Richness 274.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 667.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 134.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 125.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 233.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 238.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 30.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 30.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.94
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 24.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 712.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 135.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 39.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 135.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 34.38674 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 257.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 111.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 257.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.958334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 27.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.933333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 12.733334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 9.933333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.813725 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 548.6878
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 30.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 23.55 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 23.55 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.39
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.63
    Elevation 416.0 m