Austrostipa scabra

Corkscrew Grass, Slender Speargrass at Hackett, ACT

Request use of media

Identification history

	Austrostipa scabra	12 Sep 2022	MichaelBedingfield
	Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata	11 Sep 2022	waltraud

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Several dead Corkscrew Speargrasses, presumably sprayed. Blurred photograph because of dim light, but I think a seed head is still visible. I will go back to document the damage; it looks like swathes of native speargrasses have been sprayed.

Be the first to comment

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Coordinates 149.166411 -35.256103
Altitude 643.2m
Places Hackett, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
11 Sep 2022 05:58 PM Recorded on
waltraud Recorded by
Collections
waltraud Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Grasses Plants

Additional information

30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

Austrostipa scabra Scientific name
Corkscrew Grass, Slender Speargrass Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 971m Recorded at altitude
200 images trained Machine learning
External link More information

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

833,212 sightings of 22,974 species from 14,457 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy

NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania