Myriophyllum sp.
Water-milfoil at Lower Borough, NSW
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| Myriophyllum sp. | JaneR | 11 Apr 2024 | |
| Myriophyllum simulans | mcleana | 10 Apr 2024 |
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11 Apr 2024
Myriophyllum plants can be tricky to identify, as there are three that are very similar. This plant has emergent leaves in whorls of at least 5 maybe more: this rules out M. simulans (typically in whorls of 3-4) and makes M. variifolium doubtful (typically in whorls of 5) and suggests it could be M. crispatum (emergent leaves in whorls of 6 to 9). If it is M. crispatum, then it would likely have crisped hairs on the stem, but no sign of these in photo. So confirmed s Myriophyllum sp.
If it is M. crispatum, then its an interesting sighting for this area:
If it is M. crispatum, then its an interesting sighting for this area:
Location information
- Coordinates 149.729569-35.180147
- Altitude 617.1m
- Maps Goulburn Mulwaree Council
- Places Lower Borough, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 6 Apr 2024 01:04 PM Recorded on
- mcleana Recorded by
- Less than 10cm Plant height
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Species information
- Myriophyllum sp. Scientific name
- Water-milfoil Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1633.08m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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