Spiraea cantoniensis
Bridalwreath Spirea, May Bush at Dickson, ACT
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| Spiraea cantoniensis | MichaelMulvaney | 23 Aug 2022 | |
| Spiraea cantoniensis | MichaelBedingfield | 19 Aug 2022 | |
| Pyracantha sp. | NedJohnston | 17 Aug 2022 |
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5 comments
17 Aug 2022
Ned this is a Spirea but unsure which one. Pyracanthas all have thorns. Was this a naturalised or a planting?
17 Aug 2022
Hi Michael,
They may be planted but they've certainly spread since if it's the case (there's a couple young ones).
They're basically next to the back fence of the dickson nursery so they could have come across from there as well.
They may be planted but they've certainly spread since if it's the case (there's a couple young ones).
They're basically next to the back fence of the dickson nursery so they could have come across from there as well.
18 Aug 2022
Thanks Ned - most Spirea are from Japan or china and one has become weedy in America, though I think their weed potential in Canberra is pretty low - I will go to the effort of trying to identify to species level, given it seems to have spread beyond where it was planted.
23 Aug 2022
Took me a while to find a key that separated cantonensis from thunbergii which I thought i may have been
the key is at
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=131015
the key is at
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=131015
Location information
- Coordinates 149.139314-35.251428
- Altitude 577.0m
- Maps Dickson Wetland Corridor
- Places Dickson, ACT
Sighting information
- 10 Abundance
- 16 Aug 2022 04:04 PM Recorded on
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Species information
- Spiraea cantoniensis Scientific name
- Bridalwreath Spirea, May Bush Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 577m Recorded at altitude
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