Cycnogeton procerum
Nareli, Swamp Arrowgrass at Killara, VIC
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| Cycnogeton procerum | JaneR | 24 Sep 2023 | |
| Cycnogeton (genus) | KylieWaldon | 24 Sep 2023 |
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User's notes
after all the flooding they have spread to this pond. Normally I have to go up the back to get them.
2 comments
24 Sep 2023
Nice to see a good patch of these.
Quite likely they were there before flooding, and have persisted at bottom of billabong since it was last flooded. these plants have tubers, buried in the thick heavy sediment, and that's how they. the tubers are starchy, and valuable traditional food.
its hard to be absolutely certain without close up of the little fruits on the inflorescence or checking the colour of the spike later in the season, but based on numbers of fruits, leaf characteristics and colour of spike, I am treating this as Cycnogeton procerum.
Quite likely they were there before flooding, and have persisted at bottom of billabong since it was last flooded. these plants have tubers, buried in the thick heavy sediment, and that's how they. the tubers are starchy, and valuable traditional food.
its hard to be absolutely certain without close up of the little fruits on the inflorescence or checking the colour of the spike later in the season, but based on numbers of fruits, leaf characteristics and colour of spike, I am treating this as Cycnogeton procerum.
24 Sep 2023
TY JaneR. I will keep that in mind. I couldn't have got any closer as the flood plain is fenced off.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.952303-36.136330
- Places Killara, VIC
Sighting information
- 20 Abundance
- 17 Sep 2023 09:27 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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Species information
- Cycnogeton procerum Scientific name
- Nareli, Swamp Arrowgrass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 750.99m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Triglochin procera Triglochin procerum
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