A Sedge at Majura, ACT
Identification history
| Rytidosperma pallidum | 24 Feb 2023 | abread111 | ||
| Carex bichenoviana | 11 Aug 2022 | Tapirlord | ||
| Carex bichenoviana | 25 Aug 2021 | abread111 |
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User's notes
Curly leaves and straight ones - the culms? Some sheath bases tinged red.
There is a ligule. Occurs at this site as old tussocks with dead greyish bases of old growth. At a damp site under the power line. Have not seen any scabrid leaf edges but it does feel a little rough to the touch. Need to wait for flowering to occur to confirm id.
8 comments
waltraud
wrote:
26 Aug 2021
Barb best to dig out a sample for id - perhaps wait for flowering stems to develop.
abread111
wrote:
24 Feb 2023
I now think this is red-anther wallaby grass at a young stage - look at the ligule. When I went back there I could not find any Carex but there was red-anther wallaby grass and I have seen curly leaves on that species elsewhere.
MattM
wrote:
25 Feb 2023
I still believe this to be Carex, however I don’t doubt that there is red-anther wallaby grass in the area.
abread111
wrote:
25 Feb 2023
I'll keep looking intermittently. The Carex bichenoviana description does not mention hairs for the ligule and the red anther wallaby grass does.
Tapirlord
wrote:
26 Feb 2023
Yes, but there is an awful lot of in between with regard to those two taxa (the entire order poales). I would almost suggest that both species are present in the photo.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.175733-35.226128
- Altitude 684.0m
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 25 Aug 2021 09:19 PM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes abread111 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Species information
- Carex bichenoviana Scientific name
- A Sedge Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 830m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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