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Occurrence record: MEL 2524699A

Preserved specimen of Carex canescens L. | Short Sedge recorded on 1992-12-30
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
Institution code Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Supplied institution code "MEL"
Collection National Herbarium of Victoria
Supplied collection code "MEL"
Catalog number MEL 2524699A
Occurrence ID d0d0407a-6084-49f7-a00c-10c19c4660a2
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by McDougall, K.L.  
Collector McDougall, K.L.
Record number s.n.
Reproductive condition fertile
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Institution ID https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Identified by ID http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33684277
recorded by ID http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33684277
Collection https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
State conservation Endangered
Date identified 1992-12-31
Identification ID 180f7b01-95ae-4081-bd1a-56c4d54d4e96

Event

Event ID 60501981-e8e5-455d-bc55-ecb67abe03e2
Occurrence date 1992-12-30
Supplied as year:1992  month:12  day:30 
End day of year 365
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 365

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Embryophyta | Tracheophyta | Spermatophytina | "Angiospermae" | Magnoliopsida | Poales | Cyperaceae | Carex
Scientific name Carex canescens
Identified to rank species
Common name Short Sedge
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Poales
Family Cyperaceae
Genus Carex
Species Carex canescens
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Emu Plain between Mt Hotham and Omeo. Freehold land S of Alpine Rd.
Habitat
Supplied as "Damp ground beside drainage line: Growing with *Festuca rubra, Carex longebrachtiata and *Poa pratensis."
Latitude -37.054722
Supplied as: "-37.0547222222"
Longitude 147.325556
Supplied as: "147.3255555556"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees minutes seconds
Verbatim locality Emu Plain between Mt Hotham and Omeo. Freehold land S of Alpine Rd.
Coordinate precision 0.0002777778
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeference sources https://maps.land.vic.gov.au/
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2022-11-25T00:00
Supplied as 2022-11-25 00:00:00
Verbatim latitude 37° 03' 17" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 19' 32" E
Verbatim SRS epsg:4326
Location ID bbb6fe18-d0eb-4ed7-818f-38001bc67ad0

Additional properties

material entity id d0d0407a-6084-49f7-a00c-10c19c4660a2

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    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) Highlands-Northern Fall
    NRM Regions 2010 North East
    NRM Regions 2017 North East
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North East
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North East
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Highlands-Northern Fall
    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 Wodonga
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Alpine - Towong - Indigo
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Victoria exc. Melbourne
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Indi
    Electorates March 2025 Indi
    Local Government Areas 2011 Alpine (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Alpine - East
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ALPINE SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 22
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1760
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BRIGHT - MOUNT BEAUTY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WODONGA - ALPINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HUME
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) INDI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WODONGA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ALPINE - TOWONG - INDIGO
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NORTHERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Bright - Mount Beauty
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Vic.
    Local Government Areas 2023 Alpine
    Postal Areas 2021 3898
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 1 20403106912
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Bright - Mount Beauty
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Wodonga - Alpine
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Hume
    Tourism Regions 2021 High Country
    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 Heathlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Heathlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2505.0 frequency
    Species Richness 671.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1448.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 473.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 234.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 245.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 40.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 475.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 8.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) -1.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 2.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.42 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.62
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 4.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1243.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 373.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 66.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 238.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 20.420183 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 238.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 147.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 373.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 8.108334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 22.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min -1.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 2.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.383333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 14.083333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 41.7037 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 482.94943
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 20.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 14.083333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 2.2 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 44.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.92
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1307.0 m