Occurrence record: BRI AQ1005947

Preserved specimen of Eleocharis dulcis (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch. | Chinese Water Chestnut recorded on 2017-05-05
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource BRI AVH Data and Images
Institution code Queensland Department of Environment and Science
Supplied institution code "BRI"
Collection Queensland Herbarium
Supplied collection code "Herbrecs"
Catalog number BRI AQ1005947
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:BRI:Herbrecs:1005947
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Searle, J.B.  
Supplied as "Searle, J.B."
Record number JS17041
Reproductive condition Flowers
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks Grows to 60cm high in localised lower patches, form dense clumps in more permanently wet areas. Often targeted by pigs.

Event

Occurrence date 2017-05-05
Event remarks Dominant Eleocharis species.
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Equisetopsida | Magnoliidae | Lilianae | Poales | Cyperaceae | Eleocharis
Scientific name Eleocharis dulcis
Identified to rank species
Common name Chinese Water Chestnut
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Streptophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Order Poales
Family Cyperaceae
Genus Eleocharis
Species Eleocharis dulcis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Burm.f.) Trin. ex Hensch.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia, Queensland, Cook
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Marine plain on north bank of Ducie River, accessed from river in break in mangroves. Accessed via boat, travelling 18km upstream from Cullen Point at Mapoon. Located ca. 70km northeast of Weipa, Cape York.
Habitat
Supplied as "Extensive marine plain covering large areas and dissected and bounded by large areas of mangrove forest. Dominated by a few grasses and sedges, including a sedge with numerous small (ca. 10mm) bulbs that appear to hold soils together. Slightly lower patches occur where this sedge does not occur, with Xerochloa or Eleocharis spp common in these lower patches."
Latitude -11.977556
Supplied as: "-11.9775555556"
Longitude 142.101427
Supplied as: "142.1014266667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Georeference protocol GPS
County Cook
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Port Musgrave Aggregation
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 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 Weipa Plateau
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DUCIE RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    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
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Unresolved Tenure
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1639.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 121.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 551.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 116.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1176.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 17.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.65 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.53
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.275 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 64.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.51
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 19.0 m