Eleocharis sp. (Spike-rush)

Spike-rush at Hackett, ACT

Eleocharis sp. at Hackett, ACT - 27 Dec 2018

2 images

Identification history

Eleocharis acuta	24 Dec 2018	Justin Hurley Ley
Eleocharis sp.	23 Dec 2018	michaelb
Unidentified	23 Dec 2018	waltraud

Author's notes

Growing at the fringe of little dam and bottom of drainage line that feeds the little dam.

2 comments

waltraud wrote:

27 Dec 2018

Not sure whether the second photograph allows id of species Eleocharis ? acuta.

michaelb wrote:

27 Dec 2018

The subject may well be E. acuta, because it is very common. See the comment on the species page for an easy way to identify E. acuta, and check out the 3rd photo in the sample images:
https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/4716

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Nearby Sightings

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Centipeda cunninghamii (Common Sneezeweed) at Hackett, ACT - 22 Dec 2018

Persicaria prostrata (Creeping Knotweed) at Hackett, ACT - 22 Dec 2018

Lythrum hyssopifolia (Small Loosestrife) at Hackett, ACT - 18 Dec 2018

Marsilea mutica (Nardoo) at Hackett, ACT - 18 Dec 2018

Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Marsh Club-rush) at Hackett, ACT - 18 Dec 2018

Ardea pacifica (White-necked Heron) at Hackett, ACT - 3 Mar 2017

Ardea pacifica (White-necked Heron) at Hackett, ACT - 27 Feb 2017

Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox) at Hackett, ACT - 21 Oct 2016

Egretta novaehollandiae (White-faced Heron) at Hackett, ACT - 30 May 2016

Marsilea mutica (Nardoo) at Hackett, ACT - 30 May 2016

Ludwigia peploides subsp. montevidensis (Water Primrose) at Hackett, ACT - 6 Jan 2016

Eleocharis acuta (Common Spike-rush) at Hackett, ACT - 6 Jan 2016

Marsilea mutica (Nardoo) at Hackett, ACT - 6 Jan 2016

Persicaria prostrata (Creeping Knotweed) at Hackett, ACT - 6 Jan 2016

Location

Location information

Coordinates 149.168889-35.241389
Altitude 692.0m
Places Hackett, ACT

Species information

Not Sensitive
Local Native
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

1,001 - 10,000 Abundance
27 Dec 2018 11:19 AM Recorded on
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