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Sighting 2726787

Lycium ferocissimum

African Boxthorn at Isaacs Ridge

Lycium ferocissimum at Isaacs Ridge - 15 Jan 2016
Lycium ferocissimum at Isaacs Ridge - 15 Jan 2016
Lycium ferocissimum at Isaacs Ridge - 15 Jan 2016
Lycium ferocissimum at Isaacs Ridge - 15 Jan 2016
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Identification history

Lycium ferocissimum 16 Mar 2016 BettyDonWood
Lycium ferocissimum 16 Mar 2016 Mike

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Poisoning was not completely effective.

3 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   17 Mar 2016
Even without a photo of the thorns, the flowers are diagnostic.
AaronClausen wrote:
   17 Mar 2016
How's the GPS playing out Mike?
Mike wrote:
   17 Mar 2016
This location was spot on, but the next was in Calwell.

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Crinia signifera (Common Eastern Froglet) at ISA100: Long Gully Rd/Mugga Lane - 25 Oct 2022 by mcollett11
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Limnodynastes peronii (Brown-striped Frog) at ISA100: Long Gully Rd/Mugga Lane - 25 Oct 2022 by mcollett11
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Centipeda cunninghamii (Common Sneezeweed) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 19 Jan 2019 by Mike
Polygonum plebeium (Small Knotweed) at Isaacs Ridge - 19 Jan 2019 by Mike
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 19 Jan 2019 by Mike
Persicaria lapathifolia (Pale Knotweed) at Isaacs Ridge - 19 Jan 2019 by Mike
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Myxomycete-plasmodium(class) (A slime mould) at Isaacs Ridge - 3 Nov 2016 by Mike
Potamogeton sulcatus (Pondweed) at Isaacs Ridge - 14 Jan 2016 by Mike
Cyperus eragrostis (Umbrella Sedge) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 14 Jan 2016 by Mike
Polygonum plebeium (Small Knotweed) at Isaacs Ridge - 14 Jan 2016 by Mike
Centipeda cunninghamii (Common Sneezeweed) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 14 Jan 2016 by Mike
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Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Australasian Grebe) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 6 Aug 2015 by Mike
Cyperus eragrostis (Umbrella Sedge) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 29 Mar 2015 by Mike
Tragopogon dubius (Goatsbeard) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 16 Mar 2015 by Mike
Centipeda cunninghamii (Common Sneezeweed) at Isaacs Ridge - 16 Mar 2015 by Mike
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Wild Aster, Bushy Starwort) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 16 Mar 2015 by Mike
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Polygonum plebeium (Small Knotweed) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 16 Mar 2015 by Mike
Cyperus eragrostis (Umbrella Sedge) at Isaacs Ridge - 14 Mar 2015 by Mike
Lythrum hyssopifolia (Small Loosestrife) at Isaacs Ridge - 14 Mar 2015 by Mike
Typha domingensis (Bullrush) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 14 Mar 2015 by Mike
Potamogeton sulcatus (Pondweed) at Isaacs Ridge - 14 Mar 2015 by Mike
Persicaria lapathifolia (Pale Knotweed) at Isaacs Ridge - 14 Mar 2015 by Mike
Polygonum plebeium (Small Knotweed) at Isaacs Ridge - 28 Aug 2013 by Mike
Prunella vulgaris (Self-heal, Heal All) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 1 Jul 2003 by Mike
Austrolestes sp. (genus) (Ringtail damselfy) at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 1 Jul 2003 by Mike

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