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Austrostipa bigeniculata

Kneed Speargrass at Page, ACT

Austrostipa bigeniculata at Page, ACT - 5 Dec 2023
Austrostipa bigeniculata at Page, ACT - 5 Dec 2023
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Identification history

Austrostipa bigeniculata 7 Dec 2023 MattM
Austrostipa bigeniculata 6 Dec 2023 JohnGiacon

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Plants at St Mathews Page mown area

4 comments

MattM wrote:
   6 Dec 2023
John, are you confident this is A. bigeniculata and not Chilean needlegrass? I can't really tell from the photos.
JohnGiacon wrote:
   6 Dec 2023
Hi Matt, pretty confident. I will be there again in a week or two and get more photos.
natureguy wrote:
   7 Dec 2023
Yeah good comment Matt, it’s hard to tell here I find. That would be good thanks John
JohnGiacon wrote:
   7 Dec 2023
I did check the awns and they were bent.

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Additional information

  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

  • Austrostipa bigeniculata Scientific name
  • Kneed Speargrass Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1074.7m Recorded at altitude
  • 115 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Stipa bigeniculata

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