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 .

Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes

Featured sightings

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (River Club-rush) at Garran, ACT - 31 Mar 2024 by Tapirlord

Lomandra filiformis (Wattle Mat-rush) at Aranda, ACT - 29 Oct 2020 by Jubeyjubes

Carex hypandra (Alpine Fen-Sedge) at Kosciuszko, NSW - 22 Jan 2023 by NedJohnston

Juncus (genus) (A Rush) at O'Connor, ACT - 12 Jan 2021 by ConBoekel

Carex gaudichaudiana (Fen Sedge) at Kowen, ACT - 13 Oct 2019 by JaneR

Latest sightings

Luzula densiflora (Dense Wood-rush) at Garran, ACT - 8 Oct 2022 by JaneR

Juncus (genus) (A Rush) at Harrison, ACT - 13 Mar 2020 by AndyRoo

Carex appressa (Tall Sedge) at Harrison, ACT - 13 Mar 2020 by AndyRoo

Isolepis gaudichaudiana (Benambra Club-sedge) at Captains Flat, NSW - 20 Jan 2025 by JaneR

Unverified Rush, Sedge or Mat Rush - 1 Jan 1900 by ConBoekel

Unverified Rush, Sedge or Mat Rush - 1 Jan 1900 by Mike

Typha domingensis (Bullrush) at Leeton, NSW - 14 Jun 2025 by Tapirlord

Typha sp. (Cumbungi) at Mitchell, ACT - 16 Jul 2019 by AndyRoo

Lepidosperma laterale - 1 Jan 1900 by ConBoekel

Lomandra laxa (Mat-Rush) at Noosa Heads, QLD - 3 Jul 2025 by ConBoekel

Lomandra longifolia (Spiny-headed Mat-rush, Honey Reed) at Noosa Heads, QLD - 2 Jul 2025 by ConBoekel

Eleocharis sphacelata (Tall Spike-rush) at Deer Vale, NSW - 22 Jul 2025 by jason_john

Lomandra longifolia - 1 Jan 1900 by jason_john

Juncus alexandri subsp. alexandri at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 20 Jul 2025 by JaneR

Cyperus eragrostis (Umbrella Sedge) at Sawyers Gully, NSW - 20 Jul 2025 by LeeMears

Lepidosperma urophorum (Tailed Rapier-sedge) at Larbert, NSW - 16 Jul 2025 by JaneR

Lepidosperma gunnii (Little Sword-sedge) at Larbert, NSW - 16 Jul 2025 by JaneR

Schoenus melanostachys (Black Bog-rush) at Larbert, NSW - 16 Jul 2025 by JaneR

Juncus alexandri subsp. alexandri at Durran Durra, NSW - 16 Jul 2025 by JaneR

Lomandra glauca (Pale Mat-rush) at Larbert, NSW - 16 Jul 2025 by JaneR

Lomandra filiformis (Wattle Mat-rush) at Sandringham, VIC - 10 Dec 2016 by JasonPStewartNMsnc2016

Lepidosperma (genus) (A Sword Sedge) at Sandringham, VIC - 10 Dec 2016 by JasonPStewartNMsnc2016

Lomandra filiformis (Wattle Mat-rush) at Watson, ACT - 14 Jul 2025 by HappyWanderer

Unverified Rush, Sedge or Mat Rush - 1 Jan 1900 by KylieWaldon

Lepidosperma laterale (Variable Sword Sedge) at Crowther, NSW - 6 Jul 2025 by Frecko

Unverified Rush, Sedge or Mat Rush - 1 Jan 1900 by MatthewFrawley

Lepidosperma laterale (Variable Sword Sedge) at Tharwa, ACT - 4 Jul 2025 by JaneR

Lomandra longifolia (Spiny-headed Mat-rush, Honey Reed) at Denman Prospect, ACT - 30 Jun 2025 by Jennybach

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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

25 Jul 2025

I have checked the sources, predominantly from excellent Jian Wang Queensland Herbarium,
and confirmed this identification.
Well known and recorded in this area .

For more information refer to these sources' and their references therein:

• Jian Wang, Ph.D. University of Queensland, Senior Botanist at Queensland Government.
ResearchGate – regularly publishing Lomandra spp. new formal descriptions in various scholarly journals:
→ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jian-Wang-143
.

• Wang Jian (2019) Flowering plants of Queensland: Species of _Lomandra_ .
→ https://keybase.rbg.vic.gov.au/keys/show/9297
.

Lomandra laxa

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

24 Jul 2025

Perhaps _Lomandra laxa_ or related species – for a start towards identifying to species .

Lomandra laxa

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

24 Jul 2025

A place to start checking genera and species: _Schoenus_ genus !
(Not in the _Lepidosperma_ genus).

Lepidosperma laterale

JaneR wrote:

24 Jul 2025

Hi there are two species mixed in the foreground.
The tubular one that tapers to a fine tip is Tall Spike-rush Eleocharis sphacelata.
Best to keep species separated in photos of Sightings

Eleocharis sphacelata

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

15 Jul 2025

Survey import.

Cyperus eragrostis