Carex sp.

A Sedge at Bruce, ACT

Carex sp. at Bruce, ACT - 3 Jan 2018
Carex sp. at Bruce, ACT - 3 Jan 2018
Carex sp. at Bruce, ACT - 3 Jan 2018
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Identification history

Carex sp. 25 May 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Carex inversa 6 Jan 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 5 Jan 2018 michelle.nairn

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User's notes

Some form of sedge growing in defined patches on Gossan Hill Nature Reserve.

2 comments

   7 Jan 2018
I think the seed-head is of an annual brome grass species. The sedge is a carex probably Carex inversa
   6 Feb 2018
Michelle, could you possibly get a close-up of the seed-head of the sedge?
See this page for Carex inversa:
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/4657

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Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

  • Carex sp. Scientific name
  • A Sedge Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1146.2m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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