Carex appressa

Tall Sedge at Molonglo Valley, ACT

Carex appressa at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 1 Dec 2022 11:41 AM
Carex appressa at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 1 Dec 2022 11:41 AM
Request use of media

Identification history

Carex appressa 23 Feb 2025 JaneR
Carex tereticaulis 4 Dec 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Carex tereticaulis 1 Dec 2022 Tapirlord
Carex gaudichaudiana 1 Dec 2022 galah681

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Large sedge likea super sized Carex appressa, but with wider leaves

1 comment

JaneR wrote:
   23 Feb 2025
Culm looks triangular, not terete, so not tereticaulis.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
  • True In flower

Species information

  • Carex appressa Scientific name
  • Tall Sedge Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1567.86m Recorded at altitude
  • 330 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower
  • External link More information

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
826,442 sightings of 21,591 species from 13,425 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.