Cirsium vulgare

Spear Thistle at Mount Majura

Cirsium vulgare at Mount Majura - 11 Mar 2024
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Cirsium vulgare 11 Mar 2024 waltraud
Cirsium vulgare 11 Mar 2024 waltraud

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In grassy woodland among planted shrubs; 2 flowering and seeding plants with stem height of >1.5m; plus about 10 rosettes; seeding plants cut and bagged, rosettes sprayed; mapped with Field Maps / Treated weeds.

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Chalcidoidea (superfamily) (A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp) at Watson, ACT - 11 Nov 2024 by abread111
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Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 12 Aug 2024 by waltraud
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Nassella neesiana (Chilean Needlegrass) at Watson, ACT - 12 Aug 2024 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 12 Aug 2024 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 12 Aug 2024 by waltraud
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Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Mount Majura - 10 Jun 2024 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 29 May 2024 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 29 May 2024 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 27 May 2024 by waltraud
Nassella neesiana (Chilean Needlegrass) at Watson, ACT - 27 May 2024 by waltraud
Nassella neesiana (Chilean Needlegrass) at Watson, ACT - 7 May 2024 by waltraud
Nassella neesiana (Chilean Needlegrass) at Watson, ACT - 7 May 2024 by waltraud
Austrostipa scabra (Corkscrew Grass, Slender Speargrass) at Watson, ACT - 1 Apr 2024 by waltraud
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Austrostipa scabra (Corkscrew Grass, Slender Speargrass) at Mount Majura - 20 Mar 2024 by waltraud
Rosa rubiginosa (Sweet Briar, Eglantine) at Mount Majura - 11 Mar 2024 by waltraud
Nassella neesiana (Chilean Needlegrass) at Mount Majura - 11 Mar 2024 by waltraud
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Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at The Fair, Watson - 11 Mar 2024 by waltraud
Oryctolagus cuniculus (European Rabbit) at Watson, ACT - 10 Mar 2024 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 10 Mar 2024 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 10 Mar 2024 by waltraud
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Nassella neesiana (Chilean Needlegrass) at Watson, ACT - 21 Feb 2024 by waltraud
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Rytidosperma sp. (Wallaby Grass) at Mount Majura - 9 Feb 2024 by waltraud
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Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 25 Jan 2024 by waltraud
Cullen tenax (Tough Scurf-Pea) at Mount Majura - 25 Jan 2024 by JenniM
Hypericum perforatum (St John's Wort) at Mount Majura - 23 Jan 2024 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 22 Jan 2024 by waltraud
Sarcophagidae sp. (family) (Unidentified flesh fly) at Mount Majura - 22 Jan 2024 by abread111
Lucilia sp. (genus) (A blowfly) at Mount Majura - 22 Jan 2024 by abread111
Muscidae (family) (Unidentified muscid fly) at Mount Majura - 22 Jan 2024 by abread111
Calliphoridae (family) (Unidentified blowfly) at Mount Majura - 22 Jan 2024 by abread111
Wahlenbergia capillaris (Tufted Bluebell) at Mount Majura - 19 Jan 2024 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 5 Jan 2024 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 5 Jan 2024 by waltraud
Nassella neesiana (Chilean Needlegrass) at Watson, ACT - 5 Jan 2024 by waltraud
Acanthiza chrysorrhoa (Yellow-rumped Thornbill) at Mount Majura - 15 Dec 2023 by brettguy80
Acanthiza reguloides (Buff-rumped Thornbill) at Mount Majura - 15 Dec 2023 by brettguy80
Artamus cyanopterus cyanopterus (Dusky Woodswallow) at Mount Majura - 15 Dec 2023 by brettguy80
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 11 Dec 2023 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 11 Dec 2023 by waltraud
Tricoryne elatior (Yellow Rush Lily) at Mount Majura - 11 Dec 2023 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Mount Majura - 7 Dec 2023 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 5 Dec 2023 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 27 Nov 2023 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 27 Nov 2023 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Watson, ACT - 27 Nov 2023 by waltraud
Nassella trichotoma (Serrated Tussock) at Mount Majura - 27 Nov 2023 by waltraud

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Sighting information

  • 4 - 15 Abundance
  • 11 Mar 2024 12:41 PM Recorded on
  • waltraud Recorded by

Species information

  • Cirsium vulgare Scientific name
  • Spear Thistle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Medium weed or pest
  • Up to 1389.77m Recorded at altitude
  • 171 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower

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