Festuca arundinacea

Tall Fescue at Hughes, ACT

Festuca arundinacea at Hughes, ACT - 14 Oct 2019
Festuca arundinacea at Hughes, ACT - 14 Oct 2019
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Identification history

Festuca arundinacea 17 Oct 2019 michaelb
Festuca arundinacea 17 Oct 2019 michaelb
Unidentified 14 Oct 2019 ruthkerruish

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All along the edge of a concrete path around HGW

5 comments

michaelb wrote:
   15 Oct 2019
Hi Ruth
Image 3 looks like Bromus catharticus; image 1 looks like it may be Festuca arundinacea (Tall Fescue); 2 has both?
Can you please separate them.
ruthkerruish wrote:
   16 Oct 2019
Does that help or do you need more - there is lots of it. I would expect to see some tall fescue amongst it, as when the path was put in a few years ago, the contractors planted some grasses along each edge. The path is close by, I could easily dig up a whole plant and get new photos - it has strong, rounded stems, a very coarse plant.
michaelb wrote:
   16 Oct 2019
Hi Ruth
You still have 2 grasses on the one sighting.
Photo 1 looks like it may be Festuca arundinacea. Photo 2 looks like Bromus catharticus.
I don't think we need you to dig up a whole plant.

We need a separate sighting for the second grass.
Could you crop the photo which had the 2 grasses together to remove the Bromus catharticus, and put in with the 1st photo. Then put in a separate sighting for Bromus catharticus.
ruthkerruish wrote:
   16 Oct 2019
I will put the Bromus catharticus in separately but look for a second sighting first.
michaelb wrote:
   17 Oct 2019
Thanks Ruth

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Sighting information

  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 14 Oct 2019 10:04 AM Recorded on
  • ruthkerruish Recorded by

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

  • Festuca arundinacea Scientific name
  • Tall Fescue Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Minor Weed or Pest
  • Up to 718.41m Recorded at altitude
  • 101 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
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  • Synonyms

    Festuca elatior var. arundinacea Lolium arundinaceum

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