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Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes

Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes

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May I highly recommend to each of you making plants' sightings here in NatureMapr, 
one of the top in the world, plant identification processes, guide books and references, 

by: 
excellent Ian D. Clarke (1950–) 
botanist from the National Herbarium of Vic. and Royal Botanic Gardens :

(2015) 
Name those grasses :
identifying grasses, sedges and rushes.
Melbourne, Victoria :
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria .
ISBN: 9780980407648 .
https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6936301
–includes grasses (Poaceae) but as said in the subtitle, not only grasses, furthermore sedges (Cyperaceae) and rushes (Restionaceae) .
– available in printed paperback book . 


All the best, 
Jason Stewart 2025 June 17th .

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Tapirlord wrote:
1 Jul 2025
It's Lomandra filiformis. Common in this type of habitat around Tidbinbilla
Lomandra filiformis
JaneR wrote:
22 Jun 2025
Rationale for ID: Culm looks terete: and Carex tereticaulis is in that area.
Carex tereticaulis
JaneR wrote:
19 Jun 2025
Hi ConBoekel, thanks for your sighting. The media you provided is missing or unclear. To help us verify this sighting, please provide additional media.
Unverified Rush, Sedge or Mat Rush
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
18 Jun 2025
I have added to NatureMapr my 2016 December photographs of clear male and female inflorescences and plants in general, sighting from heathland in Sandringham, Melb., Vic.,
here: Hypolaena fastigiata (Tassel Rope-rush)

References:

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet: 

PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).

→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Hypolaena

→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hypolaena~fastigiata

Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney. 


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Hypolaena fastigiata
jac wrote:
18 Jun 2025
Awesome. Thank you for explaining. Much appreciated
Lomandra filiformis

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