Juncus subsecundus
Finger Rush at Shannons Flat, NSW
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| Juncus subsecundus | Tapirlord | 12 Mar 2025 | ||
| Luzula densiflora | CarbonAI | 11 Mar 2025 | ||
| Juncus filicaulis | AndyRoo | 11 Mar 2025 |
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User's notes
GPSed. Plant heights <=25cm.
3 comments
12 Mar 2025
Hi Ciaran, thanks for all the recent IDs of my latest lot of sightings. In this case I'm having trouble seeing how the morphology of the flowers/fruit fits with the many other J. subsecundus sightings on CNM that I've looked at? I initially suggested J. filicaulis mainly because of the distinct dense clusters of fruit/flowers. If you can fit it in I'd appreciate anything you can do to further enlighten me, thanks?
12 Mar 2025
In this case the morphology of the inflorescence isn't diagnostic between these two with both species exhibiting variation between head-like and diffuse-pseudolateral. Generally, pith is used to separate these two (it's very fine in J.filicaulis) but in absence of this i used the following features:
-Tepals apparently stramineous with no obvious longitudional banding
- Clusters being on the smaller side
- Previous Juncus subsecundus record at site
- Juncus subsecundus being the more common species
-Tepals apparently stramineous with no obvious longitudional banding
- Clusters being on the smaller side
- Previous Juncus subsecundus record at site
- Juncus subsecundus being the more common species
Location information
- Coordinates 149.005453-36.023947
- Altitude 1204.5m
- Places Shannons Flat, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 28 Feb 2025 11:21 AM Recorded on
- AndyRoo Recorded by
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
Collections
- AndyRoo NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Juncus subsecundus Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes Plants
Species information
- Juncus subsecundus Scientific name
- Finger Rush Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1326.03m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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5 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location