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Sighting 4248558

Bolboschoenus (genus)

A Rush/Sedge at Tennent, ACT

Bolboschoenus (genus) at Tennent, ACT - 15 Dec 2019 06:49 PM
Bolboschoenus (genus) at Tennent, ACT - 15 Dec 2019 06:49 PM
Bolboschoenus (genus) at Tennent, ACT - 15 Dec 2019 06:49 PM
Bolboschoenus (genus) at Tennent, ACT - 15 Dec 2019 06:49 PM
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Bolboschoenus (genus) 12 Apr 2020 MichaelBedingfield
Bolboschoenus (genus) 10 Apr 2020 MichaelBedingfield
Unverified 22 Jan 2020 MichaelBedingfield

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Several of these round woody objects joined together by a thin stem..... in Gigerline Nature Reserve, near Tharwa Sandwash.

4 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:
   9 Mar 2020
Michael, I think this may be a gall
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
   9 Mar 2020
That's what I thought at first too, and that may be right. But I've spotted them frequently along the Murrumbidgee River.
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
   9 Mar 2020
I put this in as an insect first, then I changed it to a plant, thinking maybe it was a rhizome or some kind of root.
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
   10 Apr 2020
See:
http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Bolboschoenus

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