Occurrence record: MBA 6568.1

Preserved specimen of Astrebla squarrosa C.E.Hubb. | Bull Mitchell Grass recorded on 1992-03-31
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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 6568.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by Thompson, E.J.  
Identified date 2019-10
Collector Waterhouse, B.M.  
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M."
Record number 2335
Reproductive condition leaf
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Robust tufted grass common in grassland on south side of Mitchell River, adjacent to road to Normanton. Collected on a survey for the NAQS. Grass
Date identified 2019-10

Event

Occurrence date 1992-03-31
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Astrebla squarrosa
Supplied scientific name "Astrebla squarrosa C.E.Hubb."
Identified to rank species
Common name Bull Mitchell Grass
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Astrebla
Species Astrebla squarrosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship C.E.Hubb.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Burketown. Small settlement adjacent to the Albert River.
Habitat
Supplied as "Flat terrain with areas which are seasonally waterlogged. Soil: silty clay loam, severely eroded in places. Salt pans between settlement and coast. Vegetation: open shrubland to grassland. Woody weeds including Cryptostegia grandiflora and Parkinsonia aculeata very common. Growing in shrub-studded grassland which is seasonally waterlogged, but forms a hardpan in dry conditions. Collected on a survey for the NAQS."
Latitude -17.75
Supplied as: "-17.75"
Longitude 139.533333
Supplied as: "139.533333333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1600.0
Georeferenced by collector
County Burke
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17 45 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 139 32 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Nicholson Delta Aggregation
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Gulf
    NRM Regions 2017 Southern Gulf
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Southern Gulf
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Karumba Plains
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 NICHOLSON-LEICHHARDT RIVERS
    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 Burke (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Burke
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BURKE SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 163
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CARPENTARIA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CARPENTARIA - BURKE - MORNINGTON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CARPENTARIA EXC. DOOMADGEE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MOUNT ISA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TRAEGER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    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 Tussock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan
    Vegetation types - present Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflats

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 786.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 125.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 417.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 581.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 16.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.13
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.808334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.3
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.88
    Elevation 6.0 m