Tricoryne elatior
Yellow Rush Lily at Molonglo River Reserve
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| Tricoryne elatior | MichaelMulvaney | 10 Mar 2017 | |
| Austrostipa verticillata | RichardMilner | 27 Feb 2017 |
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User's notes
dry rocky native grassland - ptwl habitat. Very sedge or cane like branched culms/stems; ribbed
5 comments
28 Feb 2017
Richard once this one is confirmed can you also check out this earlier record in Kama
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3343348
Thanks Michael
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3343348
Thanks Michael
28 Feb 2017
Hey Richard,
It looks pretty short and squat to be the A. verticillata. Though it looks like tops have been knocked down, has it been mowed/grazed? Any seed heads?
It looks pretty short and squat to be the A. verticillata. Though it looks like tops have been knocked down, has it been mowed/grazed? Any seed heads?
28 Feb 2017
I am really not sure about this one Justin. It certainly hasn't been mowed and there isn't a great deal of grazing pressure in the area either. I have seen quite a few of these plants through the Molonglo and Kama over the past few years and I have never seen them in seed.
28 Feb 2017
Yeah, I think it's something different. They should be holding on to their seed stems still if not mowed and would seed every year. Doesn't have that classic erect form either. I don't know what it is though!
11 Mar 2017
Richard as you pointed out this had us both fooled and is actually Tricorne elatior, a tricky one for us.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.044220-35.309402
- Maps Molonglo River Reserve
- Places Coombs, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 27 Feb 2017 02:18 PM Recorded on
- RichardMilner Recorded by
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Species information
- Tricoryne elatior Scientific name
- Yellow Rush Lily Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 909m Recorded at altitude
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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