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New priority species lists in the ACT
16 Mar 2025

Hello NatureMaprs!Three new priority species lists of exotic freshwater and terrestrial invertebrates, and vertebrates in the ACT have been added to NatureMapr. Uploading records of these species to N...

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:
1 hr ago
Yes it is also along Hume Highway from Yass to Gundagai - not sure how invasive they are away from the roadside, but are heavy seeders and hard to get rid of once established
Euphorbia davidii
JaneR wrote:
3 hrs ago
Not Potentilla recta, which is indeed sometimes abundant along roadsides, but has palmate leaves. A milky secretion sounds more like a family such as Euphorbiaceae or Apocynaceae, rather than Rosaceae ( which is where Potentilla belongs ).
Euphorbia davidii
JaneR wrote:
3 hrs ago
It’s the opposite process. Germination and establishment occurs under water in shallows, and plants are stranded when water level recedes.
Elatine gratioloides
RodDeb wrote:
6 hrs ago
@DiBickers totally agree, nature is amazing :)
Psychodidae sp. (family)
clarehoneydove wrote:
6 hrs ago
Laesa leaf beetle?
Paropsisterna m-fuscum

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Paropsisterna beata at Kambah, ACT

Stenosmylus stenopterus at Kingsdale, NSW

Chorista australis at Forbes Creek, NSW

Disterna canosa at Palerang, NSW

Amphaces sp. (genus) at Palerang, NSW

Hibbertia sp. at Bombay, NSW

Bossiaea buxifolia at Cook, ACT

Leucochrysum albicans subsp. tricolor at Quialigo, NSW

Melichrus erubescens at Crowther, NSW

Foeniculum vulgare at Cooma, NSW

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