Cenchrus longispinus

Spiny Burrgrass, Spiny Burrgrass at Greenway, ACT

Cenchrus longispinus at Greenway, ACT - 5 Feb 2008
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Cenchrus longispinus 28 Jun 2015 michaelb
Cenchrus longispinus 28 Jun 2015 Maliyan

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2 Jul 2015

This is the first record of this annual North American grass on Canberra Nature Map. It thrives in open dry sandy situations, such as along the Murrumbidgee. Not as big a weed risk as African Love Grass, but its spines are a pest and as it is now only rarely established in the ACT, it is one that we would like to control

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Possibly wrong id but I thought Cenchrus longispinus

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