Cynodon dactylon
Couch Grass at Garran, ACT
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| Cynodon dactylon | member211 | 25 Jan 2019 | |
| Cynodon dactylon | member211 | 25 Jan 2019 | |
| Unverified | ruthkerruish | 24 Jan 2019 |
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Please the ID of this grass is nb - it seems to grow a metre a minute from a central point!!!
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25 Jan 2019
Possibly a cultivar of a couch hybrid (very fine stolons and leaves). I know it looks like couch grass and is also called quick grass, twitch grass, etc but I have never seen the common couch grass grow like that from a central point so quickly! I notice it is listed as an native but some authorities consider it was probably a very early introduction.
25 Jan 2019
To quote from the reference on the species page: "Some authors believe that both native and exotic forms of this species are present amongst populations in Australia." See:
https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/cynodon_dactylon_var._dactylon.htm
https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/cynodon_dactylon_var._dactylon.htm
Location information
- Coordinates 149.101989-35.338106
- Altitude 620.0m
- Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Jan 2019 10:00 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
- Less than 10cm Plant height
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Species information
- Cynodon dactylon Scientific name
- Couch Grass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 1004m Recorded at altitude
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