Cynodon dactylon

Couch Grass at Garran, ACT

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Identification history

Cynodon dactylon	25 Jan 2019	member211
Cynodon dactylon	25 Jan 2019	member211
Unverified	24 Jan 2019	ruthkerruish

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Please the ID of this grass is nb - it seems to grow a metre a minute from a central point!!!

3 comments

ruthkerruish wrote:

25 Jan 2019

Possibly a cultivar of a couch hybrid (very fine stolons and leaves). I know it looks like couch grass and is also called quick grass, twitch grass, etc but I have never seen the common couch grass grow like that from a central point so quickly! I notice it is listed as an native but some authorities consider it was probably a very early introduction.

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

25 Jan 2019

To quote from the reference on the species page: "Some authors believe that both native and exotic forms of this species are present amongst populations in Australia." See:
https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/cynodon_dactylon_var._dactylon.htm

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

10 Mar 2019

FYI - I've changed the description from native to 'cosmopolitan'.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.101989 -35.338106
Altitude 620.0m
Maps Hughes Garran Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Garran, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
24 Jan 2019 10:00 AM Recorded on
ruthkerruish Recorded by
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ruthkerruish Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Grasses Plants

Additional information

Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

Cynodon dactylon Scientific name
Couch Grass Common name
Not Sensitive
Cosmopolitan
Minor weed or pest
Up to 1004m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

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Northern Territory

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South Australia

Victoria

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