Pentapogon quadrifidus
Five-awn Spear Grass at Macgregor, ACT
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| Pentapogon quadrifidus | MichaelBedingfield | 30 Nov 2022 | |
| Pentapogon quadrifidus | AndyRoo | 30 Nov 2022 |
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User's notes
Spotted and identified by my FOG colleague John Fitz Gerald. Estimate minimum of around 1000 plants.
3 comments
30 Nov 2022
Thanks Michael. As JFG points out this is only the 2nd sighting on CNM, the other being at Paddys River. I'm guessing it should be at at other locations but isn't being noticed or is being confused with either other spear grasses or plume grasses.
1 Dec 2022
There are more on ALA:
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2905377
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2905377
Location information
- Coordinates 148.994722-35.202270
- Altitude 571.0m
- Maps Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands
- Places Macgregor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
- 25 Nov 2022 03:47 PM Recorded on
- AndyRoo Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Pentapogon quadrifidus Scientific name
- Five-awn Spear Grass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 635m Recorded at altitude
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