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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,
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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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
16 min ago
May I highly recommend two 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 :

• Ian D. Clarke (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 .

• Ian D. Clarke and Helen Lee 1925- (2019)
Name that flower.
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press .
https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8127202
ISBN: 9780522876048 .
–guides to all kinds of plants, focussed on Au and south-eastern Au, yet globally useful.
– available in both, printed paperback book and ebook.
.

As ever happy to assist with your learning, together with these top literature .
Lomandra (genus)
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
35 min ago
These plants clearly identify to one of the Lomandra species, and their botanical family Asparagaceae.

Lepidosperma species have major differences, both, obvious differences when fertile parts appear
and subtle to the untrained eyes differences, well known to us experienced with many Lepidosperma species for many decades, hence their different botanical family Cyperaceae .
Lomandra (genus)
jac wrote:
9 hrs ago
I'm wondering if this seedling could be a lepidosperma laterale like CarbonAI suggested. That big plant is in close vicinity on the cultural burn site to this seedling.... just a thought.
Lomandra (genus)
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
Yesterday
Ciaran @Tapirlord I added the taxon (species) Lomandra spicata for you and for all to use.
Lomandra (genus)
MazzV wrote:
Yesterday
Thank you for all this, @JasonPStewartNMsnc2016. At least I know what I'm looking for, even if I'm not yet easily familiar with the distinctions. Once I can get out & about again, I'll be checking them out more closely to 'get my eye in' :-0 ! Cheers, MazzV
Lomandra longifolia

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