A Rush at Lake George, NSW
Identification history
| Juncus fockei | 2 Mar 2023 | JaneR |
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2 comments
Tapirlord
wrote:
2 Mar 2023
Nice one Jane, what says J.fockei about this one as opposed to J.prismatocarpus to you?
JaneR
wrote:
2 Mar 2023
that was tricky !
I did a word-by-word comparison of the two species descriptions in Vic Flora. The only characters are number of stamens (3 or 6, and not available) and whether leaves are uni-tubular or multi-tubular (also not available). What swung it was the long-sharpness, the clustering, and the outer tepals in J. prismatocrpus are sometimes curved at tip. But ID could easily have gone the other way. I hadn't realised these two were so similar until this afternoon: descriptions are near identical.
Happy to change if you think its J. prismatocarpus.
I did a word-by-word comparison of the two species descriptions in Vic Flora. The only characters are number of stamens (3 or 6, and not available) and whether leaves are uni-tubular or multi-tubular (also not available). What swung it was the long-sharpness, the clustering, and the outer tepals in J. prismatocrpus are sometimes curved at tip. But ID could easily have gone the other way. I hadn't realised these two were so similar until this afternoon: descriptions are near identical.
Happy to change if you think its J. prismatocarpus.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.533478-35.199544
- Altitude 775.2m
- Maps Sweeney's TSR
- Places Lake George, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 1 Mar 2023 11:17 AM Recorded on
- JaneR Recorded by
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Collections
JaneR Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes Plants Juncus fockei
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Juncus fockei Scientific name
- A Rush Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1230.91m Recorded at altitude
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