Deyeuxia scaberula
Benthams Bentgrass at Cotter River, ACT
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| Deyeuxia scaberula | MattM | 8 Jan 2025 | |
| Deyeuxia (genus) | MattM | 31 Dec 2024 | |
| Deyeuxia (genus) | MattM | 31 Dec 2024 |
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Deyeuxia sp. Does not key well in PlantNet. ID TBC.
Ligule membranous ~4 mm, blades flat 2-4(6) mm wide, >15 cm long. Panicle to 15 cm long. Spikelets 3.5-4 mm long, lower glume subequal or shorter thn upper. Lemma equal to upper glume, occasionally slightly longer, awn <1 mm long arising from upper 30% of lemma. Growing on fire trail in montane forest, Namadgi NP, ACT.
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8 Jan 2025
Keyed using VICFlora and then checked against PlantNet which also keys as D. scaberula if assuming the following is true in couplet 15: "Rachilla produced beyond the floret as a hairy bristle".
Location information
- Coordinates 148.776319-35.466106
- Altitude 1328.0m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 29 Dec 2024 12:30 PM Recorded on
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Species information
- Deyeuxia scaberula Scientific name
- Benthams Bentgrass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 1272.23m to 1328.03m Recorded at altitude
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