Cumbungi at Cotter River, ACT
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JaneR
wrote:
3 Dec 2024
These Typha simplify biodiversity and habitat when they take over.
There’s a possibility that this is the non-native Typha, which seems to be expanding: you would need a photograph of the inflorescence before it dies off, to check the colour.
Even if it is one of the two native species ( domingensis or orientalis, though leaf width suggests more likely to be orientalis), so are the plants it would be replacing if it establishes.
It doesn’t look vigorous. However the underground parts can persist for a few years.
Personally, I hope it dies out. Even a small patch acts as a seed source potentially dispersing to other parts of the landscape
There’s a possibility that this is the non-native Typha, which seems to be expanding: you would need a photograph of the inflorescence before it dies off, to check the colour.
Even if it is one of the two native species ( domingensis or orientalis, though leaf width suggests more likely to be orientalis), so are the plants it would be replacing if it establishes.
It doesn’t look vigorous. However the underground parts can persist for a few years.
Personally, I hope it dies out. Even a small patch acts as a seed source potentially dispersing to other parts of the landscape
Location information
- Coordinates 148.888261-35.706847
- Altitude 1448.6m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 2 Dec 2024 01:58 PM Recorded on
- nathkay Recorded by
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Collections
Latest sightings Plants Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes
Species information
- Typha sp. Scientific name
- Cumbungi Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1448.56m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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Ngunnawal language
Gummiuk
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