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Austrostipa ramosissima 10 Dec 2024 JasonPStewart
Unverified 10 Dec 2024 TheCrossingLand

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clumping to 2m high near to estuary. leaves very slender and long 1-3mm wide, seeds very fine

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JasonPStewart wrote:
   10 Dec 2024
Any ripe brown or old, seeds around on this please ?
–to check if this identifies to either of these following two species, or to something else:

Austrostipa ramosissima : https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Austrostipa~ramosissima
– • " Lemma glabrous, 1.8–2.5 mm long " .
– • " Leaves ... blade expanded, readily deciduous, 1–10 mm wide ... " .

Austrostipa verticillata : https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Austrostipa~verticillata
– • " Lemma with scattered, short, white hairs 2.7–4 mm long " .
– • " Leaves ... blade expanded, often readily deciduous, 1–3 mm wide ... " .
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JasonPStewart wrote:
   10 Dec 2024
I'm looking for the answer to question 6 here :
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Austrostipa#6
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JasonPStewart wrote:
   10 Dec 2024
How wide do the leaves get (soft blades (laminas) parts) ?
For example:
• blades (laminas) : 1–3 mm wide ?
or
• blades (laminas) : 1–10 mm wide ?
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AusGrass botanical matrix key, here : https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/AusGrass/AusGrass%20ID.html
Features selected :
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• Regions- New South Wales : South Coast .
• plant duration : perennial .
• rhizomes (presence) : present .
• culms (stature) : robust to moderate – 200 cm culms (height) .
• lateral branches (extent of aerial branching) : sparsely branched, branched, fastigiate .
• leaves (basal or cauline) : cauline – 3 mm leaf-blades (width) .
• inflorescence subtended by (type of subtending leaf) : an unspecialized leaf-sheath .
• stolons (presence) : absent .
• inflorescence (when compound) : a panicle (open)

[Resulting in 3 remaining candidates' spp.:]
• Austrostipa verticillata .
• Austrostipa ramosissima .
• Glyceria australis .
" ?
Already know this plant sighting does not identify as the name: Glyceria australis.
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   11 Dec 2024
Yep think it is the slender one Jason, some more photos now uploaded, cheers Dean
JasonPStewart wrote:
   11 Dec 2024
Thanks Dean @TheCrossingLand .
New fifth photograph (each sighting has only five photographs' capacity ):
Leaves over your hand look wider than 3mm ? (–width of the leaf laminas when they get un-rolled (if rolled) and flattened out) .

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