mickbettanin's Identifications

Growing on a bit of boggy bare ground at the back of the cemetery. Quite a distinctive little plant, but not native, sadly. The culms are filiform, there are short leaves present at their bases and the flattened spikelets are all in pairs. Style 3-fid, 3 stamens, nut triquetrous.

Ribbonweed becoming visible (and stressed) as dam levels drop
Identified as Vallisneria australis on Bowerbird by Liz O'Donnell: "According to Romanowski's Aquatic and Wetland Plants (1998), there are only two non-tropical species of ribbonweed in Australia and these are easily distinguished based on range and leaf width. This is the larger and more cold-tolerant of the two. Romanowski refers to it as Vallisneria americana but Bowerbird considers this to be a synonym on Vallisneria australis. It is a native plant despite its old name."

Growing on the road verge, and not much seen in forest during plant surveys in the area, so possibly advantaged by the lack of tree cover on the road verges. This is the tablelands form of the species, which is smaller and less leafy than the form common on the far south coast. Elevation here is about 500m.