Eragrostis curvula
African Lovegrass at Tura Beach, NSW
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| Eragrostis curvula | dcnicholls | 28 Mar 2020 |
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User's notes
Extensive infestation along the borders of the melaleuca/acacia coastal bush, and on the adjacent grassy areas and nearby vacant block
3 comments
29 Mar 2020
Also, Chris Warner sent me a specimen or E. curvula. It is indistinguishable from the local grass (at least, to a physicist!)
30 Mar 2020
I fear digging it out would be an impossibility, without large mechanical excavators
Location information
- Coordinates 149.935303-36.847319
- Altitude 36.6m
- Places Tura Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2020 05:19 PM Recorded on
- dcnicholls Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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Species information
- Eragrostis curvula Scientific name
- African Lovegrass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1047.79m Recorded at altitude
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