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Unidentified at suppressed - 13 Mar 2019

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Sorry Andy, see comments.

Insufficient or inconclusive evidence	20 Apr 2019	michaelb
Paspalidium sp.	1 Apr 2019	michaelb
Unidentified	30 Mar 2019	AndyRussell

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michaelb wrote:

31 Mar 2019

A good find Andy. I've never seen this one, so will leave it for our botanists to confirm.
ALA lists 20+ species of Paspalidium: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/7771555#classification

AndyRussell wrote:

1 Apr 2019

I am not sure why I suggested "constrictum" as it is not usually found in the Southern Tablelands according to Plantnet, a second suggestion is that it may be "distans".

michaelb wrote:

1 Apr 2019

P. distans is more likely, ALA has it occurring locally.
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2903157
Maybe we should just go with "Paspalidium sp." ?

AndyRussell wrote:

21 Apr 2019

I put a sample in to the Australian National Herbarium (mind you, from a different location to the east of Nerriga, a power line circuit ) and the result came back as Entolasia stricta, (syn Panicum strictum) Wiry Panic. It was growing just off the edge of the road in a similar site to the Mongarlowe plants

michaelb wrote:

21 Apr 2019

Thanks for the follow up Andy. The new suggestion is a new genus, from a different specimen and a different location. In the interests of science we'll have to reject this one.

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3 Abundance
13 Mar 2019 11:43 AM Recorded on
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10cm to 30cm Plant height

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