Carex sp.

A Sedge at Top Hut TSR

Carex sp. at Top Hut TSR - 30 Sep 2023
Carex sp. at Top Hut TSR - 30 Sep 2023
Carex sp. at Top Hut TSR - 30 Sep 2023
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Identification history

Carex sp. 15 Jan 2024 Tapirlord
Carex appressa 12 Nov 2023 AndyRoo
Lomandra longifolia 7 Nov 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Lomandra longifolia 3 Nov 2023 CarbonAI
Carex appressa 3 Nov 2023 AndyRoo

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User's notes

GPSed. Recovering after being grazed down by sheep in April 2023. Same plants as at sighting 4508792 taken in May 2023. Density of leaf tufting and continuity of deeply divided (& notched) mid-rib along the length of the leaves similar to very nearby confirmed C. appressa sighting 4523489 located to the northeast, just on the other (eastern) side of Dry Plains Rd.

8 comments

AndyRoo wrote:
   7 Nov 2023
Thanks Mike. How did I manage to confuse L. longifolia with C. appressa?
   8 Nov 2023
Actually Andrew as has been pointed out to me - I think I have confused the chewing of the end of the leaves as the normal leaf ends of Lomandra - when you were right all along. @JaneR

Cheers Michael
AndyRoo wrote:
   8 Nov 2023
Sorry Mike not sure to make of your comment? Is the sighting in fact C. appressa?
AndyRoo wrote:
   12 Nov 2023
Have updated sighting back to C. appressa.
   12 Nov 2023
Thanks Andrew
AndyRoo wrote:
   13 Nov 2023
Mike waiting for you to confirm updated ID (or not)?
Tapirlord wrote:
   15 Jan 2024
Ok, so this is certainly a carex, but i don't think C.appressa. Could be the exotic C.distachia
AndyRoo wrote:
   17 Jan 2024
OK thanks Ciaran. One for me to check out when it's flowering - if I remember!

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  • 5 Abundance
  • 30 Sep 2023 12:27 PM Recorded on
  • AndyRoo Recorded by

Additional information

  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

  • Carex sp. Scientific name
  • A Sedge Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 1146.2m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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