Alternanthera philoxeroides
Alligator Weed at Tharwa, ACT
Identify this sighting
| Alternanthera philoxeroides | ACTBioSecurity | 12 Jan 2018 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
12 Jan 2018
Alligator Weed is a weed that poses significant risk to the environment - we would particularly like reported any sightings of this species
User's notes
Detected by Ranger Murray Aston. Jenny Conolly, ACT Invasive Species Officer , is assisting with search and destroy.
Be the first to comment
Location information
- Coordinates 148.943877-35.439913
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Tharwa, ACT
Sighting information
- 30 Abundance
- 12 Jan 2018 09:42 AM Recorded on
- ACTBioSecurity Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- Less than 10cm Plant height
Collections
- Significant ACTBioSecurity Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Alternanthera philoxeroides Other Fresh Water Plants Plants
Species information
- Alternanthera philoxeroides Scientific name
- Alligator Weed Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 630m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
- Images or audio
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location