African Feather Grass at Uriarra Village, ACT
Identification history
| Cenchrus macrourus | 9 Aug 2024 | Steve818 | Verified by | CANB 912199.1 | |||
| Cenchrus macrourus | 19 Mar 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | |||||
| Cenchrus macrourus | 18 Mar 2019 | ACTBioSecurity |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
Confirmed by herbarium. New incursion of African feather grass (Cenchrus macrourus).
1 comment
Steve818
wrote:
9 Aug 2024
From Dr Paul Downey: "there is a historical collection of the species from close by to the site by Brendan Lepschi from April 1992 - 6 km W of Mt Stromlo turnoff on Cotter road. At the time he stated "Along c. 100 m stretch of road"
Location information
- Coordinates 148.961999-35.330075
- Places Uriarra Village, ACT
Sighting information
- 900 Abundance
- 18 Mar 2019 12:00 AM Recorded on
- ACTBioSecurity Recorded by
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Collections
Significant ACTBioSecurity Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Grasses Plants Cenchrus macrourus
Additional information
- True In flower
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Species information
- Cenchrus macrourus Scientific name
- African Feather Grass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Pennisetum macrourum
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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