A Corkscrew Grass at Wodonga, VIC
Identification history
| Austrostipa sp. | 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.
3 comments
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
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
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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Location information
- Coordinates 146.902985-36.139894
- Maps Jack Perry Reserve Wodonga
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 1000 Abundance
- 29 Oct 2021 01:03 PM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Species information
- Austrostipa sp. Scientific name
- A Corkscrew Grass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 948.8m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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