Juncus (genus)
A Rush at Elwood, VIC
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| Juncus (genus) | Tapirlord | 11 Sep 2023 | ||
| Unverified | AndyRoo | 8 Sep 2023 |
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User's notes
Guestimate height to be 30-40cm. Query from a family member. Popping in their garden beds. Exotic grass perhaps? Would it be in the soil bank or brought in by birds or possums?
4 comments
8 Sep 2023
If it is a grass then it could well have blown in, grasses get around like you wouldn't believe it. But that's a bit beside the point, those look to me like culms so I reckon Juncus.
9 Sep 2023
Thanks Tapirlord. Yes Juncus did occur to me initially but I didn't note it. Exotic or native?
9 Sep 2023
Probably native, J.subsecundus and J.usitatus have had a good time of it with the last few wet years. I've had both emerge in my front yard.
Location information
- Places Elwood, VIC
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- AndyRoo Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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Species information
- Juncus (genus) Scientific name
- A Rush Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1642.4m Recorded at altitude
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