2 Weeping Grass at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Microlaena stipoides | Yesterday | waltraud |
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I broadcasted weeping grass (2 repeats: spring 2024 and autumn 2025) following the control of very dense patches of Sticky Weed (Cleavers), Black(berry) Nightshade, Spear and Slender thistles, Paterson's Curse, some horehound and Serrated Tussock (the latter outside the canopy); also Bridal Creeper and African Boxthorn - see Field Maps Treated Weeds from Sept 2023 onward. The Friends of Mt Majura Monday @ The Fair crew carried out similar treatment of above mentioned weeds (mainly Cleavers and Nightshades) at groups of native cherry trees along the Clancy's track and named the project "Cleavers under Native Cherry". Initially we hand weeded - some nightshades were as big as one trash-bag and had to be cut using large lobbers - than we followed-up with a mixture of hand-weeding (for instance cutting off fruiting stems of nightshade) and several rounds of spraying the regrowth of herbaceous weeds with selective herbicide. Some sites under the Cherry trees were sprayed only; monitoring to time the herbicide spraying was crucial. Apart from the direct seeding of Weeping Grass we observe the volunteer recruitment of native ground-cover plants such as Saltbush (Einadia nutans), Stinking Pennywort (Hydrocotyle laxiflora), and the annual Small Crumbweed (Dysphania pumilio), a great colonizer of disturbed sites, see the native ground cover at this site: Einadia https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4723048; Crumbweed https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4723047; Pennywort https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4723049
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.169814-35.228172
- Altitude 631.3m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 9 Mar 2026 12:01 PM Recorded on
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waltraud NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Grasses Plants Microlaena stipoides
Species information
- Microlaena stipoides Scientific name
- Weeping Grass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1634.4m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Microlaena stipoides var. stipoides
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