African Lovegrass at Tura Beach, NSW
Identification history
| Eragrostis curvula | 28 Mar 2020 | dcnicholls |
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Extensive infestation along the borders of the melaleuca/acacia coastal bush, and on the adjacent grassy areas and nearby vacant block
6 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
29 Mar 2020
Hi David, Looks pretty convincing, though a closer shot of the grey/blackish flowers would have been handy. But given Tura is wall to wall ALG, it seems likely to be correct. And nobody doing a damn thing about it - it's heart-breaking.
dcnicholls
wrote:
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!)
JackieMiles
wrote:
29 Mar 2020
I'd be thinking more in terms of digging it out. Any sort of mowing activity doesn't prevent seeding - it just sends out new culms with a more horizontal habit. It's a survivor. But there'll be masses of seed in the soil there anyway, as those plants have clearly been there quite a while, by their size. The recommended method from Josh Dorrough is to remove the plant and apply a heavy mulch (it doesn't like emerging through that) and some seed of something else to compete with it. Seed removal without plant removal has proven ineffective many, many times over! And on its appearance, there are multiple forms around, including some very robust broad-leaved ones (mostly round Cobargo end of the shire) and small fine, curly-tipped leaved ones (more typical of the Monaro but present at Bemboka). Plus there are other smaller similar weedy Eragrostis, such as pilosa. So always good to check.
dcnicholls
wrote:
30 Mar 2020
I fear digging it out would be an impossibility, without large mechanical excavators
JackieMiles
wrote:
31 Mar 2020
Yup, looks well entrenched. Oh well, its advance in the Tura area is inevitable anyway. You might hold it back on a short front for a little while, but with slashing spreading it and it being so widely established there it's a bit of a lost cause.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.935303-36.847319
- Altitude 36.6m
- Maps North Tura Coastal Reserve
- Places Tura Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2020 05:19 PM Recorded on
- dcnicholls Recorded by
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Plants Grasses dcnicholls
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Species information
- Eragrostis curvula Scientific name
- African Lovegrass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1047.79m Recorded at altitude
- 325 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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