Hookerochloa hookeriana

Hooker's Fescue at Tinderry, NSW

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Identification history

Hookerochloa hookeriana	17 Feb 2023	MattM
Hookerochloa hookeriana	29 Jan 2023	Grassman
Poa labillardierei	22 Jan 2023	danswell

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4 comments

Grassman wrote:

29 Jan 2023

There are very short awns (mucros) on the florets, so not Poa. More likely Hookerochloa hookeriana

danswell wrote:

29 Jan 2023

I assumed it was the same as Hookerochloa hookeriana (Hooker's Fescue)
But I dont what Im doing so...

MattM wrote:

30 Jan 2023

@Grassman is Hookerochloa the tall tussock grass from montane woodland/herbfiields that looks superficially like Poa but with larger, rather tough spikelets?

Grassman wrote:

30 Jan 2023

@MattM yes

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Location information

Coordinates 149.318365 -35.773985
Altitude 1363.4m
Maps Mt Holland
Places Tinderry, NSW

Sighting information

50 Abundance
22 Jan 2023 02:26 PM Recorded on
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Plants Grasses danswell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Hookerochloa hookeriana Scientific name
Hooker's Fescue Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1592.29m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower

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