Cyperus exaltatus
Tall Flat-sedge, Giant Sedge at Gateway Island, VIC
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| Cyperus exaltatus | JaneR | 7 Jun 2025 | |
| Cyperus exaltatus | Tapirlord | 7 Jun 2025 | |
| Bolboschoenus fluviatilis | JaneR | 2 Jun 2025 | |
| Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | CarbonAI | 31 May 2025 | |
| Unverified | KylieWaldon | 31 May 2025 |
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User's notes
Quite tall, on the edge of a bit of bog with lots of Juncus, but the only one I could see.
4 comments
2 Jun 2025
Definitely Bolboschoenus; it looks fairly robust, so probably B. fluviatilis tho ideally need more detail in order to confirm ( diameter of culm, number of bracts, length spikelet) - not so easy with a distant photo.
7 Jun 2025
Jane i'd disagree. With those huge involucral bracts and long flattened spikelet clusters I would think this is a Cyperus. Cyperus exaltatus would fit the bill.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.896174-36.086574
- Places Gateway Island, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 May 2025 10:32 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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Species information
- Cyperus exaltatus Scientific name
- Tall Flat-sedge, Giant Sedge Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 650.22m Recorded at altitude
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