Plants
Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes
Sighting 4347591

Carex appressa

Tall Sedge at Wodonga, VIC

Carex appressa at Wodonga, VIC - 28 Sep 2020 11:30 AM
Carex appressa at Wodonga, VIC - 28 Sep 2020 11:30 AM
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Identification history

Carex appressa 29 Sep 2020 MichaelBedingfield
Unverified 28 Sep 2020 KylieWaldon

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Is this two species of grasses together or just one?

4 comments

Alburyconservationcompany wrote:
   28 Sep 2020
I think there are two species here - one is Tall Sedge (Carex apressa). The other is a grass, not sure which one though.
KylieWaldon wrote:
   28 Sep 2020
Thank you. I don't think I've seen the Carex apressa before. I take it that is not a native? I'm starting to realise how many native grasses I grew up with as a kid but didn't think anything of at the time.
Alburyconservationcompany wrote:
   28 Sep 2020
Carex appressa is a native, a common plant in wet areas - rivers, creeks, wetlands, dams. It’s a sedge and you get cut if you run your hand up the stem ‘sedges have edges’. Unlike a rush which has smooth cylindrical stems :)
KylieWaldon wrote:
   28 Sep 2020
Thank you so much. (have never heard that before.. nor knew what a sedge was. But I will remember that!) So its odd being on the top of a hill then. Must have been a damp spot maybe run off from the paddock next door.

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Species information

  • Carex appressa Scientific name
  • Tall Sedge Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1567.86m Recorded at altitude
  • 366 images trained Machine learning
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