Portugese Laurel at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Prunus lusitanica | 28 Mar 2024 | Tapirlord | ||
| Prunus lusitanica | 20 Mar 2024 | waltraud |
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User's notes
in Grassy Woodland there were several small non fruiting in the drainage line further north that runs parallel to the track to Antill Street entry; no photos of the not fruiting specimens. There is a large tree of same species along Antill street southeast of the Watson Woodland which is most likely the parent plant. Fruits are eaten by birds (Currawongs) as I observed in the nature reserve
6 comments
abread111
wrote:
20 Mar 2024
@Waltraud I'd confirm it if it would let me. Can you map its location somehow?
waltraud
wrote:
21 Mar 2024
abread111
I took the photo with my old Camera which has no GPS so I manually put it on the map. I can see the map with the CNM marker of the plant. I can't confirm myself - don't know why - so I suspect you can't either.
I took the photo with my old Camera which has no GPS so I manually put it on the map. I can see the map with the CNM marker of the plant. I can't confirm myself - don't know why - so I suspect you can't either.
waltraud
wrote:
25 Mar 2024
abread111
I placed the item a second time and Tapirlord confirmed. I'm not sure why CNM doesn't let us confirm the species; I certainly confirmed records in the surrounds and further west toward Hackett and I did confirm items before that I photographed with my old GPS-less camera and for which I used the manual map tool.
I placed the item a second time and Tapirlord confirmed. I'm not sure why CNM doesn't let us confirm the species; I certainly confirmed records in the surrounds and further west toward Hackett and I did confirm items before that I photographed with my old GPS-less camera and for which I used the manual map tool.
Tapirlord
wrote:
28 Mar 2024
If you can’t confirm it waltraud then it will be outside the map coverage for whatever reason. Location moderator life I’m afraid
abread111
wrote:
28 Mar 2024
Thanks for the explanation Tapirlord. At least the map is there now and we can see it is located in Hackett.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.168243-35.242304
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 19 Jan 2007 11:22 AM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Other Trees waltraud Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Prunus lusitanica Scientific name
- Portugese Laurel Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 766.09m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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