Hooker's Fescue at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Hookerochloa hookeriana | 14 Apr 2023 | Grassman | ||
| Holcus lanatus | 5 Apr 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Poa (genus) | 5 Apr 2023 | Tapirlord |
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User's notes
Either Poa or some kind of fescue
4 comments
Grassman
wrote:
14 Apr 2023
Not Poa due to mucronate lemma apex. Not Holcus as its spikelets are 2-flowered with glumes nearly as long as the spikelet. Only way to tell between Festuca and Hookerochloa is whether spikelets are up to 8 mm long and lemmas are only keeled towards the apex (Festuca) or spikelets are >8 mm long and lemmas are keeled throughout (Hookerochloa). It appears the latter. H eriopoda has leaves 1 mm or less wide. H hookeriana has leaves 2 mm or more wide, so most likely this.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.785264-35.522014
- Altitude 1592.3m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 15 Abundance
- 26 Feb 2023 11:40 AM Recorded on
- Tapirlord Recorded by
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Collections
Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Grasses Plants Hookerochloa hookeriana
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Hookerochloa hookeriana Scientific name
- Hooker's Fescue Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1639.08m Recorded at altitude
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