Tall Sedge at Yarralumla, ACT
Identification history
| Carex appressa | 5 Jul 2023 | JaneR | ||
| Carex appressa | 5 Jul 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Carex appressa | 5 Jul 2023 | lbradley |
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10 comments
JaneR
wrote:
5 Jul 2023
An observation on the culm (stem) is useful, whether round or triangular-ish. If round, then its Carex tereticaulis; if triangular, then Carex appressa.
Tapirlord
wrote:
5 Jul 2023
Oh interesting, I wasn’t aware of that. I do agree that it’s under reported though, I find it pretty frequently along creek margins in Namadgi. Still I’d be surprised to see it around Aranda, there’s not really enough water
lbradley
wrote:
5 Jul 2023
I found it in a marshy area in the southeast corner - quite a bit of water around.
Tapirlord
wrote:
5 Jul 2023
Permanent? or just a product of the last few wet years? For C.tereticaulis you need the former.
lbradley
wrote:
5 Jul 2023
Good point. It does dry out but doesn’t take much to get mushy. I guess the question if it can sustain marshy plants. That’s a definite near our large dams but perhaps not in the area fully covered in prickly tea tree. Actually it is a bit hard to know because the tea tree is so dense in many areas that it’s only possible to skirt around the edge.
JaneR
wrote:
5 Jul 2023
My experience of Carex tereticaulis is that, once established, it is quite tough and can survive long periods ( even years) without being flooded or on marshy ground: like dam walls during drought. But getting established may be different.
Tapirlord
wrote:
6 Jul 2023
Ahh dear, giving me a run for my money here Jane! I still stand by what I’ve said though, C.tereticaulis will only establish in permanent (arguably semi-permanent) water sources: Dams, creek margins, swamps etc. This is different to C.appressa which will occur in all those above and also in seasonally wet drainage channels and soaks which is what we have here.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.085048-35.277255
- Altitude 583.6m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Yarralumla, ACT Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 5 Jul 2023 04:28 PM Recorded on
- lbradley Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes lbradley
Additional information
- False 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
- 315 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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