Carex tereticaulis
Poongort at Dry Plain, NSW
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| Carex tereticaulis | JaneR | 24 Jun 2026 | |
| Carex (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 22 Sep 2023 | |
| Carex tereticaulis | Tapirlord | 22 Sep 2023 | |
| Carex appressa | CarbonAI | 29 Jun 2023 | |
| Eleocharis (genus) | AndyRoo | 29 Jun 2023 |
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User's notes
GPSed. Flower stems/culms seems to be tubular suggesting an Eleocharis spp. rather than Carex spp. ? Guesstimated 200+ plants.
7 comments
29 Jun 2023
I'm thinking- more like Carex. Eleocharis spikes don't usually spread like that, and the sheathing base is not like Eleocharis that I am familiar with.
Does 'tubular' also mean that the culm was hollow and/or round ?
Does 'tubular' also mean that the culm was hollow and/or round ?
22 Sep 2023
I've never seen an Eleocharis like this, agree with Jane it is probably a Carex.
22 Sep 2023
Thanks for following this up. Yep C. tereticaulis with its terete (cylindrical) culms seems to fit as does this description in PlantNET (https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Carex~tereticaulis) indicates "...Culms erect, terete to subtrigonous, glabrous, 40–120 cm long, 2–4 mm diam. .... Differs from the related C. appressa in its terete, smooth, grey-green rather than yellow-green culms, the reduced leaves, and in the utricle, which is thickened at the base but not truncate....".
23 Jun 2026
Still think this is C. tereticaulis - for example compare with sightings https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4570369, https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4540628, and https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/4555195.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.912149-36.113317
- Altitude 1144.0m
- Maps Top Hut TSR
- Places Dry Plain, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 15 Jan 2022 12:33 PM Recorded on
- AndyRoo Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- Yes In flower
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- AndyRoo NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes Plants Carex tereticaulis
Species information
- Carex tereticaulis Scientific name
- Poongort Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1253.75m Recorded at altitude
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