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28 native species of rushes, sedges and matrushes local to the area have been found on the Pinnacle Nature Reserve.

All photos were taken on the Reserve by fotpin members, who are acknowledged when images are enlarged.

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click images to enlarge tap images to enlarge   Scientific name   [Common name]
  Rushes   
Common spike rush
Eleocharis acuta [Common spike rush]
  Eleocharis acuta   [Common Spike-rush]
  Eleocharis pusilla   [Small Spike-rush]
  Juncus bufonius #   [Toad rush]
  Juncus filicaulis   [Pinrush]
  Juncus homalocaulis   [A rush]
  Juncus remotiflorus   [A rush]
  Juncus subsecundus   [Finger rush]
  Juncus usitatus   [Common rush]
  Juncus vaginatus   [Clusteed rush]
  Luzula densiflora   [Dense woodrush]
  Luzula ovata   [Woodrush]
  Schoenoplectus validus   [River Club-rush]
   
Matrushes  
Wattle matrush
Lomandra filiformis [Wattle matrush]
  Lomandra bracteata   [Small matrush]
  Lomandra filiformis subsp. coriacea   [Wattle matrush]
  Lomandra filiformis subsp. filiformis   [Wattle matrush]
  Lomandra longifolia   [Long-leaved matrush]
  Lomandra multiflora   [Many-flowered matrush]
 
  Sedges   
Cyperus lhotskyanus
Cyperus lhotskyanus [A sedge]
  Carex appressa   [Tall sedge]
  Carex bichenova   [Tall sedge]
  Carex breviculmis   [Short-stem Sedge]
  Carex inversa   [Knob sedge]
  Carex aff. inversa Rare or uncommon species**   [Small knob sedge]
  Cyperus lhotskyanus   [A sedge]
  Cyperus sanguinolentus   [Purple-glume flat sedge]
  Cyperus sphaeroideus   [Scented sedge]
  Cyperus sp.   [Unidentified sedge species]
  Lepidosperma laterale   [Variable swordsedge]
  Schoenus apogon   [Common Bog Sedge]
Many-flowered matrush
Lomandra multiflora [Many-flowered matrush (male plant)]
 
Dense wood-rush
Luzula densiflora [Dense wood-rush]
 
Scented sedge
Cyperus sphaeroideus [Scented sedge]
 
Short-stem sedge
Schoenoplectus validus [Short-stem sedge]
 
Carex sanguinolentus
Carex sanguinolentus [a sedge]
Common bog sedge
Schoenus apogon [Common bog sedge]

 


For more photos from the Pinnacle and elsewhere in the ACT, follow this link to NatureMapr

https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Locations/Guide/63/30