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TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Plant Tissue Sample

Created 01/08/2025

Updated 26/09/2025

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This dataset comprises a comprehensive collection of plant tissue samples representing vascular plants sampled from TERN Ecosystem Surveillance monitoring plots across Australia. Derived from the plant voucher specimens, these tissue samples are critical for accurate species identification and verification, supporting a complete inventory of vascular plant species at each plot. They also serve as reference material for DNA barcoding and stable isotope analyses. Collected following the standardised Ecosystem Surveillance methodology, the dataset includes over 76,000 archived samples housed at the TERN Australia Soil and Herbarium Collection, located at the University of Adelaide's Waite Campus. Each record includes detailed metadata such as voucher barcode, site and visit information and sampling details. Plant tissue samples are accessible and available for loan upon request through the EcoPlots Samples portal via an Expression of Interest.

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Title TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Plant Tissue Sample
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/906be47a-8366-45a1-b5cb-265b43dd2dee
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
donna.lewis@adelaide.edu.au
Reference Period 30/10/2010
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "TERN Ecosystem Surveillance: Plant Tissue Sample". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/tern-ecosystem-surveillance-plant-tissue-sample