Epilobium sp. at Lake Burley Griffin West

1 A Willow Herb at Lake Burley Griffin West

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Identification history

	Epilobium sp.	26 Jul 2020	michaelb
	Unidentified	24 Jul 2020	ruthkerruish

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Many plants growing in water Put in a couple more photos but the plants are very dried up Kurrajong point.

5 comments

JaneR wrote:

25 Jul 2020

Hi Ruth, Growing in water makes it sound like these are wetland plants, which are plants that have various adaptations to let them grow in water-logged or wet conditions. I can see that these are actually terrestrial species (though i can't see well enough to ID ) which don't have such adaptations. Terrestrial plants can become surrounded by water or covered in water after a bit of rain, in which case they look like they are 'growing' in the water but are really just hanging in. Just how long a terrestrial plant can survive in a flooded or waterlogged situation varies with species, with season.

ruthkerruish wrote:

25 Jul 2020

Kurrajong point - will try and revisit and get a better photo

KenT wrote:

25 Jul 2020

It looks somewhat like the remains of a species of Epilobium, a clearer image would be useful.

ruthkerruish wrote:

28 Jul 2020

Had added a couple of photos but the plants are pretty dried up

ruthkerruish wrote:

3 Aug 2020

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