Occurrence record: HO403701

Preserved specimen of Ruppia polycarpa R.Mason | Widgeon Grass recorded on 1984-01-07
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Tasmanian Herbarium (HO) AVH data
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "HO"
Collection Tasmanian Herbarium
Supplied collection code "HO"
Catalog number HO403701
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by D.I. Morris  
Identified date 1997
Collector Moscal, A.  
Supplied as "Moscal, A."
Record number 5339
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Dataset / Survey name [Australia's Virtual Herbarium]
Occurrence remarks Occasional on sandy bottom.
Date identified 1997

Event

Dataset / Survey name Australia's Virtual Herbarium  
Occurrence date 1984-01-07
Verbatim event date 07 Jan 1984
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ruppia polycarpa
Supplied scientific name "Ruppia polycarpa R.Mason"
Identified to rank species
Common name Widgeon Grass
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Alismatales
Family Ruppiaceae
Genus Ruppia
Species Ruppia polycarpa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship R.Mason
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICBN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Lake Strahan
Habitat
Supplied as "Intermittent flooded lake rim (silt). In alliance with Centella cordifolia, Goodenia humilis, Nymphoides exigua, Lilaeopsis polyantha, Hydrocotyle muscosa."
Latitude -42.1523902
Supplied as: "-42.153759"
Longitude 145.2690164
Supplied as: "145.267957"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "EPSG:4202"
Verbatim coordinate system UTM
Verbatim locality Lake Strahan
Min elevation 10
Location remarks Latitude and longitude automatically calculated from verbatim grid reference. Unadjusted latitude: 42°9'S. Unadjusted longitude: 145°16'E.
Coordinate precision 0.000278
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Georeferenced by Moscal, A.
Terrestrial true
Elevation 10
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS EPSG:20255
Verbatim coordinates AMG 55 356900 5331700

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Ocean Beach
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Ocean Beach
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian West
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian West
    IBRA 7 Subregions West
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KING-HENTY RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Coast (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Coast
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST COAST COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3932
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST (TAS.)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ZEEHAN - FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1594.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 530.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 269.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 269.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 530.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 11.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 54.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.84
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.733334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.98
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 13.0 m