Alpine Spear-Grass at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Austrostipa nivicola | 21 Mar 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Austrostipa nivicola | 21 Mar 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Austrostipa sp. | 20 Mar 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 20 Mar 2022 | Tapirlord |
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User's notes
Very large grasses, two large populations on the summit
1 comment
Tapirlord
wrote:
21 Mar 2022
Thanks, Michael, I wonder if it might be Austrostipa nivicola (Alpine spear grass). It would be our first CNM record, ALA has a 1988 record from this area.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.791947-35.689553
- Altitude 1690.4m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 200 Abundance
- 12 Mar 2022 05:42 PM Recorded on
- Tapirlord Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Grasses Tapirlord
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Austrostipa nivicola Scientific name
- Alpine Spear-Grass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1741.96m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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