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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 in NatureMapr, 
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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JaneR wrote:
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Hi ConBoekel, thanks for your sighting. The media you provided is missing or unclear. To help us verify this sighting, please provide additional media.
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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
18 Jun 2025
I have added to NatureMapr my 2016 December photographs of clear male and female inflorescences and plants in general, sighting from heathland in Sandringham, Melb., Vic.,
here: Hypolaena fastigiata (Tassel Rope-rush)

References:

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet: 

PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).

→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Hypolaena

→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hypolaena~fastigiata

Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney. 


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Hypolaena fastigiata
jac wrote:
18 Jun 2025
Awesome. Thank you for explaining. Much appreciated
Lomandra (genus)
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:
17 Jun 2025
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:
17 Jun 2025
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)

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