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Juncus remotiflorus

A Rush at Weetangera, ACT

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Identification history

Juncus remotiflorus	3 Dec 2022	Tapirlord
Juncus usitatus	2 Dec 2022	Tapirlord
Juncus remotiflorus	1 Dec 2022	sangio7

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3 comments

sangio7 wrote:

2 Dec 2022

They look very similar, don't they. If I'd started searching through the rushes in reverse alphabetical order I would no doubt have stopped at usitatus rather than remotiflorus.
How are they distinguished from each other?

Tapirlord wrote:

3 Dec 2022

Had to check the key again, the ovular bud shape is distinctive.

sangio7 wrote:

3 Dec 2022

Thanks for that. I thought it must be something like that, but the plantnet Juncus key has way too much technical jargon for me to decipher. Either way it was a new species for the PNR plant list (native species #253 in fact), and happy that I was on target with my ID, even if by accident. Grateful, as ever, for the effort you put into moderation.

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