Sickle Love-grass
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Olary Spur (FLB03) | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [special habitat, often wrongly ID'd] |
Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Near Threatened |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [restricted habitat ] |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) [requires floods; tolerates salinity; restricted to river] |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i)) [requires floods; tolerates salinity; restricted to river] |
Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) [likes saline areas] |
Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | | Least Concern [likes saline areas] |
Arcoona Plateau (GAW04) | | Least Concern [likes saline areas] |
Kingoonya (GAW05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Torrens (GAW06) | | Least Concern |
Roxby (GAW07) | | Least Concern [likes saline areas] |
Commonwealth Hill (GAW08) | | Least Concern |
Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Tallaringa (GVD05) | | Least Concern [likes saline areas] |
Yellabinna (GVD06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Nullarbor Plain (NUL02) | Nullarbor | Data Deficient [check record] |
Barrier Range (BHC01) | Broken Hill Complex | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [special habitat, often wrongly ID'd] |
Bimbowrie (BHC05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [special habitat, often wrongly ID'd] |
Curnamona (BHC06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [special habitat, often wrongly ID'd] |
Dieri (SSD03) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Least Concern |
Warriner (SSD04) | | Least Concern |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | | Least Concern [likes saline areas] |
Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Least Concern [likes saline areas] |
Oodnadatta (STP02) | | Least Concern [likes saline areas] |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | | Least Concern [likes saline areas] |
Peake-Dennison Inlier (STP04) | | Least Concern [likes saline areas] |
Witjira (STP06) | | Least Concern [likes saline areas] |
Baltana (STP07) | | Least Concern [likes saline areas] |
Coongie (CHC06) | Channel Country | Least Concern |
Lake Pure (CHC07) | | Least Concern |
Everard Block (CER03) | Central Ranges | Near Threatened [edge of range] |
3 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Near Threatened , Rare |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) [requires floods; tolerates salinity; restricted to river] |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i)) [requires floods; tolerates salinity; restricted to river] |
8 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern , Rare |
3 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern , Rare |
Nullarbor Plain (NUL02) | Nullarbor | Data Deficient [check record] |
3 of 4 subregions | Broken Hill Complex | Rare |
3 of 4 subregions | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Least Concern |
6 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Least Concern |
2 of 4 subregions | Channel Country | Least Concern |
Everard Block (CER03) | Central Ranges | Near Threatened [edge of range] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 4
Prior names
Poa falcata
Eragrostis trichophylla
Common names
Sickle Love-grass
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Murray
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | MSB | 82,000 (4.4 g) | 50 | 11-Mar-2007 | RJB70954 Gairdner-Torrens | | | |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.