Austrostipa nodosa

Knotty Speargrass at Latham, ACT

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Identification history

	Austrostipa nodosa	18 Dec 2024	Tapirlord
	Austrostipa nodosa	16 Dec 2024	MattM

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Perennial tussock to 1m tall. Leaves flat, 3-4 mm wide. Leaf sheaves to 6 mm wide. Awn falcate. Scattered throughout grassland and under trees.

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Tapirlord wrote:

18 Dec 2024

Cool! The broad leaves keyed it for me into A.nodosa so I'm happy with that ID

MattM wrote:

19 Dec 2024

@Tapirlord I will mention that I revisited these plants and noticed there were several plants intermediate between this and A. scabra. It may be a factor of the plants being older and having dropped much of their seed, but these didn't have the A. nodosa "vibe" in that they were very leafy. I almost wonder if these are just Austrostipa scabra exhibiting a strange response to the recent burn.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.021293 -35.216953
Altitude 591.3m
Maps Umbagong District Park
Places Latham, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
16 Dec 2024 06:46 PM Recorded on
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MattM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Grasses Plants

Additional information

30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

Austrostipa nodosa Scientific name
Knotty Speargrass Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
591.29m to 633.65m Recorded at altitude
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