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Sighting 4403256

Austrostipa (genus)

A Corkscrew Grass at Wodonga, VIC

Austrostipa (genus) at Wodonga, VIC - 29 Oct 2021 01:03 PM
Austrostipa (genus) at Wodonga, VIC - 29 Oct 2021 01:03 PM
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Austrostipa (genus) 16 Oct 2023 natureguy
Austrostipa scabra 29 Oct 2021 KylieWaldon

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Its kind of all over, but only in this location is there huge lots of it and not much else.

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Grassman wrote:
   14 Oct 2023
Not possible to identify to species from this photo alone. More likely to be A nodosa, as that is more common in the area, but also A nitida. These are all closely related and often hard to distinguish without having the physical specimen
KylieWaldon wrote:
   15 Oct 2023
TYVM grassman. I take more shots now to make it easier to ID.
Grassman wrote:
   15 Oct 2023
Some things to photograph to tell between nodosa-scabra-nitida
leaf sheaths mostly narrower in scabra (2-5 mm) than nitida-nodosa (4.5-9 mm)
leaf blades mostly narrower in scabra (0.6-1.2 mm) than nitida-nodosa (1-3 mm)
useful to have a ruler to show dimensions
Flowerheads somewhat contracted/usually denser (but open at anthesis) and stem nodes mostly concealed by the sheaths in nitida
Flowerheads usually sparse and stem nodes exposed in nodosa
But there are a lot of specimens in herbaria which can't be assigned to a particular species due to the overlap in features

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