Cirsium vulgare

Spear Thistle at Mount Ainslie

Cirsium vulgare at Mount Ainslie - 19 May 2024
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Identification history

Cirsium vulgare 21 May 2024 Tapirlord
Cirsium vulgare 20 May 2024 CarbonAI
Cirsium vulgare 20 May 2024 waltraud

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In grassy woodland, some large flowering and seeding, cut and dabbed and flowers and seed heads cut off and bagged; rosettes cut at crown and dabbed; mapped with Field maps.

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Sighting information

  • 16 - 100 Abundance
  • 19 May 2024 01:04 PM Recorded on
  • waltraud Recorded by

Additional information

  • 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

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

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