Deyeuxia scaberula

Benthams Bentgrass at Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

Deyeuxia scaberula	8 Jan 2025	MattM
Deyeuxia (genus)	31 Dec 2024	MattM
Deyeuxia (genus)	31 Dec 2024	MattM

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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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MattM wrote:

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".

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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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MattM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Grasses Plants

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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