Eleocharis sp.

Spike-rush at Hackett, ACT

Eleocharis sp. at Hackett, ACT - 27 Dec 2018
Eleocharis sp. at Hackett, ACT - 27 Dec 2018
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Identification history

Eleocharis acuta 24 Dec 2018 JustinHurleyLey
Eleocharis sp. 23 Dec 2018 MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified 23 Dec 2018 waltraud

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User's notes

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

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waltraud wrote:
   28 Dec 2018
Not sure whether the second photograph allows id of species Eleocharis ? acuta.
   28 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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Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

  • Eleocharis sp. Scientific name
  • Spike-rush Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 810m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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