Austrostipa bigeniculata

Kneed Speargrass at Page, ACT

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Identification history

	Austrostipa bigeniculata	7 Dec 2023	MattM
	Austrostipa bigeniculata	6 Dec 2023	JohnGiacon

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Plants at St Mathews Page mown area

4 comments

MattM wrote:

6 Dec 2023

John, are you confident this is A. bigeniculata and not Chilean needlegrass? I can't really tell from the photos.

JohnGiacon wrote:

6 Dec 2023

Hi Matt, pretty confident. I will be there again in a week or two and get more photos.

natureguy wrote:

7 Dec 2023

Yeah good comment Matt, it’s hard to tell here I find. That would be good thanks John

JohnGiacon wrote:

7 Dec 2023

I did check the awns and they were bent.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.041381 -35.240222
Altitude 623.6m
Places Page, ACT

Sighting information

44 Abundance
5 Dec 2023 09:50 AM Recorded on
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JohnGiacon Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Grasses Plants

Additional information

30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

Austrostipa bigeniculata Scientific name
Kneed Speargrass Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1074.7m Recorded at altitude
124 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Stipa bigeniculata

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