Sifton Bush, Chinese Shrub at Wamboin, NSW
Identification history
| Cassinia sifton | 11 Aug 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Cassinia sifton | 11 Aug 2018 | natureguy |
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User's notes
Strangely enough, there is only 1 on the whole property.
6 comments
rainer
wrote:
11 Aug 2018
Cassinia arcuata, Sifton-bush or Chinese-shrub. This species naturally occurs in low densities right throughout the region and also in many habitats ranging from natural grassland through to grassy woodland, and dry forest communities. It has a tendency to become invasive only following a disturbance, or following cessation of continuing disturbance, for example, set-stocking grazing.
KenT
wrote:
11 Aug 2018
Cassinia arcuata is seemingly the name this plant used to go by, a few relevant comments are associated with this sighting https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3404473 Cassinia sifton seems to be the current name for what we have in the ACT.
Mike
wrote:
12 Aug 2018
The Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 26 September 1935 listed Cassinia arcuata as a weed pest. Strangely this was proclaimed under the Quarantine Act prohibiting its introduction into Australia if there were more than 20 seeds per ounce when mixed with other seeds.
rainer
wrote:
12 Aug 2018
I’ve done a little research and have found “Cassinia sifton” according to one authority (https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/b63da76d-f3d0-44b0-bf60-803c7d9de56c). However, NSW PlantNet (http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cassinia~arcuata) and Australian Virtual Herbarium (https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Cassinia+arcuata#tab_mapView) with links to ALA, still both have it as Cassinia aculeata.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.273792-35.263000
- Places Wamboin, NSW
Sighting information
Species information
- Cassinia sifton Scientific name
- Sifton Bush, Chinese Shrub Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 864m Recorded at altitude
- 230 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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