CHR 653262 – Poa L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 653262
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 March 2023
Database record updated:
29 March 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Poa Poa sp. Amphitheatre (C. Howard HO584372)
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Poa L.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Gramineae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Tasmanian Herbarium
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Tasmania, Macquarie Island
Verbatim locality:
Tasmania, Macquarie Island W. aspect. North of Hurd Point, on E side of Overland Track on plateau at edge of escarpment
Verbatim collector:
C. Howard 3
Standardised collector:
C. Howard
Verbatim date:
09 Mar 2020
Start date:
2020-03-09
Country:
Australia
Land District:
Tasmania
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
54°45´46“ S 158°49´57“ E (WGS84 -54.762778 158.8325)
Altitudes:
from 248m
Habitat:
Short tussock grassland/rushland with herbs, bordering Macquarie alpine mosaic. On gentle - moderate slope with poor drainage. Peaty loam.
Growing with Festuca contracta, Acaena minor, Luzula crinita, Uncinia sp., dense bryophytes.
Notes:
Generally shorter than elsewhere. Suggest attribuatable to being at or near extent of preferred altitudinal range. Covering c. 1 ha. on pillow basalt, densely to very densely phyric and usually amygdaloidal.
Observed species:
Festuca contracta
Acaena minor
Luzula crinita
Uncinia sp.
Acaena minor
Luzula crinita
Uncinia sp.
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
Duplicate from Tasmanian Herbarium, Hobart
HO 600409
Flora of Australia
Georeference (original):
UTM grid 57F.
Grid: 489217 3931607
Duplicates
HO: HO 600409
Direction:
Received
CANB:
Direction:
Duplicate
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