Juncus remotiflorus

Diffuse 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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Location information

Coordinates 149.044278 -35.261514
Altitude 643.0m
Maps The Pinnacle
Places Weetangera, ACT

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
30 Nov 2022 08:57 AM Recorded on
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Plants Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes sangio7 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

10cm to 30cm Plant height
True In flower

Species information

Juncus remotiflorus Scientific name
Diffuse Rush Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 878m Recorded at altitude
82 images trained Machine learning
In flower
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