Eleocharis acuta

1 Common Spike-rush at JER700: JWs - Eyrie St Wetland

Eleocharis acuta at JER700: JWs - Eyrie St Wetland - 2 May 2018
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Identification history

Eleocharis acuta 1 Mar 2024 Tapirlord
Eleocharis plana 4 Aug 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Eleocharis plana 3 May 2018 BettyDonWood
Unidentified 2 May 2018 Mike

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Tubular culms.

3 comments

Tapirlord wrote:
   12 Jan 2023
Looks more like Eleocharis equisetina if I'm honest.
Mike wrote:
   12 Jan 2023
It is in an artificial wetland so could be one of many species. E. equisetina is not in the CNM list. I wonder if there is a planting list for the area.
Tapirlord wrote:
   1 Mar 2024
From the description "tubular culms" we can actually rule out E.plana

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Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 1 metre to 5 metres 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
  • 116 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
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