Anthoxanthum odoratum

Sweet Vernal Grass at Jacobs River, NSW

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Identification history

Anthoxanthum odoratum	16 Jan 2023	Tapirlord
Anthoxanthum odoratum	15 Jan 2023	Tapirlord
Dichelachne sp.	15 Jan 2023	Tapirlord
Unidentified	15 Jan 2023	mahargiani

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User's notes

from the distance the plants appeared to be Stackhousia sp, only when close did it look like a grass

6 comments

Tapirlord wrote:

15 Jan 2023

A bit of a wild guess I must admit.

MattM wrote:

15 Jan 2023

It doesn't appear to have the awns like Dichelachne. Looks more like sweet vernal grass but I am still not 100%.

Tapirlord wrote:

15 Jan 2023

Ahh yeah, it does look like that.

mahargiani wrote:

15 Jan 2023

not comfortable with it being an introduced species, given the location

mahargiani wrote:

16 Jan 2023

I should have included a habitat photo, but do not have one. The majority of the plants were in grassy areas in open woodland, with the base grasses about 20cm high and the subject plant scattered through this and with a more or less erect flower stem about 35 cm high. Plant density not more than 1 per square metre.

MattM wrote:

16 Jan 2023

Normally sweet vernal grass forms dense clumps. It produces a sickly sweet smell that you can often smell as you walk. Unfortunately it is quite a widespread species in the high country and is present throughout many of the alpine grassland areas.

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