Hovea heterophylla

Common Hovea at Majura, ACT

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Identification history

	Hovea heterophylla	25 Aug 2021	waltraud
	Hovea heterophylla	25 Aug 2021	JaneR

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Commonly occurs entangled in a grass tussock. Is this because this is protected from herbivory ? or because it is a favourable micro-site for germination ?

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waltraud wrote:

25 Aug 2021

I think it is the protection. My observation is that members of Fabaceae family are heavily grazed. For instance, FoMM removed large amounts of horehound at various sites (https://majura.org/the-horehound-story/ ) which triggered germination of vast numbers of Glycine tabacina; over years the peas disappeared; there is heavy grazing around in the area.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.164047 -35.276772
Altitude 666.4m
Maps Mount Ainslie
Places Majura, ACT

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
25 Aug 2021 12:50 PM Recorded on
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JaneR Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Peas Plants

Additional information

10cm to 30cm Plant height
True In flower

Species information

Hovea heterophylla Scientific name
Common Hovea Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1449.9m Recorded at altitude
473 images trained Machine learning
In flower
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