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Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
The northern hairy-nosed wombat (''Lasiorhinus krefftii'') or yaminon is one of three extant species of Australian marsupials known as wombats. It is one of the rarest land mammals in the world and is critically endangered. Its historical range previously extended across New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, and as recently as 100 years ago it was considered as having become extinct, but in the 1930s a population of about 30 individuals was discovered located in one place, a range within the Epping Forest National Park in Queensland. With the species threatened by wild dogs, the Queensland Government built a -long predator-proof fence around all wombat habitat at Epping Forest National Park in 2002. Insurance populations have since been translocated to two other locations to ensure the species survives threats such as fire, flood, or disease. In 2003, the total population consisted of 113 individuals, including only around 30 breeding females. After recording an estima ...
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Richard Owen
Sir Richard Owen (20 July 1804 – 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomy, comparative anatomist and paleontology, palaeontologist. Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils. Owen produced a vast array of scientific work, but is probably best remembered today for coining the word ''Dinosauria'' (meaning "Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile"). An outspoken critic of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, Owen agreed with Darwin that evolution occurred but thought it was more complex than outlined in Darwin's ''On the Origin of Species''.[''Wikipedia:Citing sources, page range too broad''] Owen's approach to evolution can be considered to have anticipated the issues that have gained greater attention with the recent emergence of evolutionary developmental biology. Owen was the first president of the Microscopical Society of London in 1839 and edited ...
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Clermont, Queensland
Clermont is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Isaac Region, Queensland, Australia. Clermont is a major hub for the large coal mines in the region, and is also a service town for agricultural properties in the area. In the , the locality of Clermont had a population of 2,952 people. Geography Clermont is south-west of Mackay, Queensland, Mackay, at the junction of the Gregory Highway, Gregory and Peak Downs Highway, Peak Downs highways. The historic towns of North Copperfield () and South Copperfield (), often referred to collectively as Copperfield are along Christoe Street approximately south-west of the Clermont town centre. The Gregory Highway runs through the eastern end, and the Peak Downs Highway enters from the east. The Clermont Connection Road links the Gregory Highway to the CBD, and the Clermont-Alpha Road starts in the CBD and exits to the south-west. Climate History ''Gangulu language, Gangalu (Gangulu, Kangulu, Ka ...
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Nature Conservation Act 1992
The ''Nature Conservation Act 1992'' is an act of the Parliament of Queensland, Australia, that, together with subordinate legislation, provides for the legislative protection of Queensland's threatened biota. As originally published, it provided for biota to be declared ''presumed extinct'', ''endangered'', ''vulnerable'', ''rare'' or ''common''. In 2004, the act was amended to more closely align with the IUCN Red List The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological ... categories: ''presumed extinct'' was changed to ''extinct in the wild'' and ''common'' was changed to ''least concern''. ''Near threatened'' was introduced as an eventual replacement for ''rare'', but the latter was to be phased out over time rather than immediately abandoned. The act is administered by the stat ...
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Environment Protection And Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
The ''Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999'' (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that provides a framework for protection of the Australian environment, including its biodiversity and its natural and culturally significant places. Enacted on 16 July 2000, it established a range of processes to help protect and promote the recovery of threatened species and ecological communities, and preserve significant places from decline. The Act is administered by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Lists of threatened species are drawn up under the Act, and these lists, the primary reference to threatened species in Australia, are available online through the Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT). As an Act of the Australian Parliament, it relies for its constitutional validity upon the legislative powers of the Parliament granted by the Australian Constitution, and key provisions of the Act are largely ba ...
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IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. It is involved in data gathering and Data analysis, analysis, research, field projects, advocacy, and education. IUCN's mission is to "influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable". Over the past decades, IUCN has widened its focus beyond conservation ecology and now incorporates issues related to sustainable development in its projects. IUCN does not itself aim to mobilize the public in support of nature conservation. It tries to influence the actions of governments, business and other stakeholders by providing information and advice and through buildin ...
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Critically Endangered
An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, of the 157,190 species currently on the IUCN Red List, 9,760 of those are listed as critically endangered, with 1,302 being possibly extinct and 67 possibly extinct in the wild. The IUCN Red List provides the public with information regarding the conservation status of animal, fungi, and plant species. It divides various species into seven different categories of conservation that are based on habitat range, population size, habitat, threats, etc. Each category represents a different level of global extinction risk. Species that are considered to be critically endangered are placed within the "Threatened" category. As the IUCN Red List does not consider a species extinct until extensive targeted surveys have been conducted, species that a ...
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Cenchrus Ciliaris
''Cenchrus ciliaris'' (buffel-grass or African foxtail grass; syn. ''Pennisetum ciliare'' (L.) Link) is a species of grass native to most of Africa, southern Asia (east to India), southern Iran, and the extreme south of Europe (Sicily). Other names by which this grass is known include dhaman grass, anjan grass and koluk katai. Description African foxtail grass is a perennial grass growing to tall. The leaves are linear, long and wide. The flowers are produced in a panicle long and wide. Distribution African foxtail grass is native to tropical Africa, the Mediterranean region and the hotter and drier parts of Asia. It is a deep-rooted grass, tolerates drought, and will grow at altitudes of up to . It is considered a good forage grass in Africa. It prefers light soils with a high phosphorus content. As a key species for pastoralism, Cenchrus ciliaris is projected, in one simulation, to expand its overall range in East Africa under a high-emission scenario ( RCP 8.5) in the ...
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Root
In vascular plants, the roots are the plant organ, organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster. They are most often below the surface of the soil, but roots can also be aerial root, aerial or aerating, that is, growing up above the ground or especially above water. Function The major functions of roots are absorption of water, plant nutrition and anchoring of the plant body to the ground. Types of Roots (major rooting system) Plants exhibit two main root system types: ''taproot'' and ''fibrous'', with variations like adventitious, aerial, and buttress roots, each serving specific functions. Taproot System Characterized by a single, main root growing vertically downward, with smaller lateral roots branching off. Examples. Dandelions, carrots, and many dicot plants. Fibrous RootSystem Consists of a network of thin, branching roots that spread out from ...
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Aristida
''Aristida'' is a very nearly Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family. ''Aristida'' is distinguished by having three Awn (Botany), awns (bristles) on each lemma (botany), lemma of each floret. The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid warm regions. This genus is among those colloquially called three-awns wiregrass (other), wiregrasses, speargrass (other), speargrasses and needlegrass (other), needlegrasses. The name ''Aristida'' is derived from the Latin "wikt:arista#Latin, arista", meaning "awn". They are characteristic of semiarid grassland. The Wiregrass Region of North America is named for ''Aristida stricta, A. stricta''. Other locales where this genus is an important component of the ecosystem include the Carolina Bays, the sandhills (Carolina), sandhills of the Carolinas, and sandhill, elsewhere, Acacia aneura, Mulga scrub in Australia, and the xeric grasslands around Lake Tur ...
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Chrysopogon Fallax
''Chrysopogon fallax'' is a perennial tufted grass endemic to Australia found in all mainland states except Victoria. It is commonly known as golden beard grass, ribbon grass, and weeping grass. Etymology ''Chrysopogon'' is derived from the Greek words ''chrysos'' for golden, and ''pogon'' meaning beard. ''fallax'' comes from the Latin word for 'deceptive' because it is hard to distinguish from similar grass species. The synonym ''Chrysopogon benthamianus'' is sometimes used for this taxon. Distribution and habitat ''Chrysopogon fallax'' is common in the northern areas of continental Australia in tropical and subtropical climates, most often in open woodland and forest ecosystems. It is highly adaptable to a wide variety of substrates including sand, loam and clay soils. Description ''Chrysopogon fallax'' is a densely tufted perennial grass spreading by rooting stolons as well as seed. Most leaves are basal and dead sheaths remain attached giving the plant a characteristic ...
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Enneapogon
''Enneapogon'' is a Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family. They are also called bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences. ; Species * ''Enneapogon asperatus'' - Queensland * ''Enneapogon avenaceus'' - bottle-washers - Australia * ''Enneapogon caerulescens'' - Australia * ''Enneapogon cenchroides'' - Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Subcontinent * ''Enneapogon cylindricus'' - jointed nineawn - Australia * ''Enneapogon decipiens'' - Australia * ''Enneapogon desvauxii'' - nineawn pappusgrass - Africa, temperate Asia, southwestern United States, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina * ''Enneapogon elegans'' - Burma, India * ''Enneapogon eremophilus'' - Northern Territory, Queensland * ''Enneapogon foxii'' - Israel * ''Enneapogon gracilis'' - slender bottle-washers - Queensland, New South Wales * ''Enneapogon interme ...
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Heteropogon Contortus
''Heteropogon contortus'' is a tropical, perennial tussock grass with a native distribution encompassing Southern Africa, southern Asia, Northern Australia, Oceania, and southwestern North America. The species has also become a naturalised weed in tropical and subtropical regions in the Americas and East Asia. The plant grows to in height and is favoured in most environments by frequent burning. The plants develop characteristic dark seeds with a single long awn at one end and a sharp spike at the other. The awn becomes twisted when dry and straightens when moistened, and in combination with the spike is capable of drilling the seed into the soil. The species is known by many common names, including black speargrass, tanglehead, ''steekgras'' (in Afrikaans) and ''pili'' (in Hawaiian, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *''pilit''₁ "to adhere/stick"). ''H. contortus'' is a valuable pasture species across much of its range. However, it has also been responsible for the eliminat ...
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