Foxtail Speargrass at Downer, ACT
Identification history
| Austrostipa densiflora | 2 Jan 2021 | waltraud | ||
| Austrostipa densiflora | 2 Jan 2021 | abread111 | ||
| Dichelachne sp. | 29 Dec 2020 | abread111 |
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User's notes
There are hectares in this area south of the Blue Metal Road where this plume grass is the dominant understorey. The plant in front of the wattle seedling was collected for further identification.
3 comments
abread111
wrote:
2 Jan 2021
The seeds look like A. densiflora - if you zoom in you can see the hairs as described on PlantNet
waltraud
wrote:
2 Jan 2021
yes I visited the area yesterday afternoon and think they are all Austrostipa densiflora; most seeds already shed, therefore the slender appearance of (empty) seedhead...
Location information
- Coordinates 149.175867-35.251495
- Altitude 686.0m
- Places Downer, ACT
Sighting information
- > 10,001 Abundance
- 29 Dec 2020 10:32 AM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Grasses abread111 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Austrostipa densiflora Scientific name
- Foxtail Speargrass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 900.64m Recorded at altitude
- 198 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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