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Sighting 4432986

Lepidosperma urophorum

Tailed Rapier-sedge at O'Connor, ACT

Lepidosperma urophorum at O'Connor, ACT - suppressed
Lepidosperma urophorum at O'Connor, ACT - suppressed
Lepidosperma urophorum at O'Connor, ACT - suppressed
Lepidosperma urophorum at O'Connor, ACT - suppressed
Lepidosperma urophorum at O'Connor, ACT - suppressed
Lepidosperma urophorum at O'Connor, ACT - suppressed
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Identification history

Lepidosperma urophorum 21 Aug 2022 karenwilsonau
Lepidosperma (genus) 12 May 2022 MichaelBedingfield
Lepidosperma (genus) 26 Apr 2022 MichaelBedingfield
Unverified 24 Apr 2022 Cathy

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Grass- unsure if it’s native or exotic

5 comments

RWPurdie wrote:
   24 Apr 2022
It's a Lepidosperma (a Sword-sedge); not sure from the photo which species.
Cathy wrote:
   24 Apr 2022
RW Purdue - Thank you very much 🤓
Cathy wrote:
   25 Apr 2022
I believe it may be Lepidosperma urophorum
RWPurdie wrote:
   25 Apr 2022
Your photos make it look like it might be a cultivated plant - if that's the case, it could be one of about 10 species.
Cathy wrote:
   25 Apr 2022
It’s in our garden but we didn’t plant it- we are next to bush land so it may have blown in?

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