Eleocharis acuta

Common Spike-rush at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Eleocharis acuta	8 Mar 2018	MichaelMulvaney
	Eleocharis acuta	1 Feb 2018	KenT

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Culms 2-3 mm across, cylindrical

3 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

23 Feb 2018

See comments on the species page:
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/4716

KenT wrote:

23 Feb 2018

Michael, the ACT plant census lists six species of Eleocharis in the ACT. The leaf sheath character given on the species page used to distinguish Eleocharis acuta is one of several that differs for the six ACT species. A combination of culm, glume and spikelet characters can also be used to distinguish between these six species in the absence of a nut and leaf-sheath in the images. Which of the six species are you having trouble distinguishing the suggested identification from?

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

24 Feb 2018

Ken, I was merely suggesting that including a photo of the leaf sheath might help in the ID.

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101 - 1,000 Abundance
11 Jan 2018 07:46 AM Recorded on
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KenT Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes Plants

Additional information

True In flower
30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

Eleocharis acuta Scientific name
Common Spike-rush Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1250.16m Recorded at altitude
121 images trained Machine learning
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