Eastern Cottonbush at Beard, ACT
Identification history
| Maireana microphylla | 8 Jul 2016 | MichaelMulvaney |
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User's notes
About 50 scattered plants amongst Yellow Box woodland remnant in Beard. Tips of shrubs mainly dead, leaves succulent, small.
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MichaelMulvaney
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9 Jul 2016
This is a disjunct location for Eastern Cottonbush which is common in western NSW. It has only been recorded once before in the ACT, by Max Gray in 1980 who recorded the plant on the rocky slopes near Newline Quarry. That location is opposite this Beard location. This remnant Yellow Box woodland used to be part of the abattoir holding paddocks so it is possible that it was introduced by stock from further west. However, their are several disjunct western species in this section of the Molonglo including Atriplex semibaccata which was also found at this location, while Max Gray also recorded this plant on the other side of the Molonglo.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.207529-35.343431
- Places Beard, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 8 Jul 2016 01:18 PM Recorded on
- MichaelMulvaney Recorded by
Species information
- Maireana microphylla Scientific name
- Eastern Cottonbush Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- 392m Recorded at altitude
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