African Lovegrass at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Eragrostis curvula | 22 Jun 2023 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Eragrostis curvula | 22 Jun 2023 | waltraud |
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Approximately 50 tussocks in an area of 65 square meters of grassy woodland. Mapped also with Field Maps / Untreated weeds 2022/23. I monitored and treated (and reported to the land manager) ALG in this area for about 15 years - I didn't monitor over the past 3 LaNina years which started in Feb 2020; unfortunately, it spread again. Mowing by land manager (3rd photo) most likely helped further spread as did work on the Casuarina trail at ALG peak seeding season further north; ALG was recorded with CNM in June 2022, see https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4437748 and mapped by a ranger with Field Maps on the 7th Dec 2022 just before the trail work; for more records of ALG at this site see https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4460761
Bravo to the land manager Parks and Conservation Service for speeding up the spread of this invasive pest!
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.168122-35.242700
- Altitude 644.3m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Hackett, ACT
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Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
Species information
- Eragrostis curvula Scientific name
- African Lovegrass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Severe weed or pest
- Up to 1047.79m Recorded at altitude
- 324 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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