Cirsium vulgare

Spear Thistle at Watson, ACT

Cirsium vulgare at Watson, ACT - 21 Feb 2025 06:25 PM
Cirsium vulgare at Watson, ACT - 21 Feb 2025 06:25 PM
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Cirsium vulgare 22 Feb 2025 MichaelMulvaney
Cirsium vulgare 22 Feb 2025 waltraud

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In degraded woodland, several patches under and around Native Cherry trees; sprayed with Starane, but not mapped because i couldn't get the required accuracy (below 10m) in Field Maps. Several with flower stems developing; I cut some with advanced flowering and fruiting stems and sprayed cut surface. There are rabbit warrens nearby.

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   22 Feb 2025
Thanks again waltraud

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  • Cirsium vulgare Scientific name
  • Spear Thistle Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Medium weed or pest
  • Up to 1389.77m Recorded at altitude
  • 187 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower

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