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Posted by sandra.fowler2 ACT (My Page) on

Mon, Apr 13, 09 at 4:34

Hey there! I'm a TAFE student doing a field study of Kellys Swamp - part of the Jerrabomberra Wetlands and I came across a number of plants that I'm having a hard time identifying. I was wondering if anyone might be able to be of some assistance. Here are the links. There are lower resolution images and higher resolution ones and they are marked accordingly.

High - http://private.himi.org/~sandra/greenberries.jpg
Low - http://private.himi.org/~sandra/greenberriessmall.jpg

High - http://private.himi.org/~sandra/grass.jpg
Low - http://private.himi.org/~sandra/grasssmall.jpg

High - http://private.himi.org/~sandra/leaves.jpg
Low - http://private.himi.org/~sandra/leavessmall.jpg

High - http://private.himi.org/~sandra/yellowberries.jpg
Low - http://private.himi.org/~sandra/yellowberriessmall.jpg

High - http://private.himi.org/~sandra/mushroom.jpg
Low - http://private.himi.org/~sandra/mushroomsmall.jpg

High - http://private.himi.org/~sandra/purpleflower.jpg
Low - http://private.himi.org/~sandra/purpleflowersmall.jpg

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Posted by greg_boyles Vic Aust (greg@gregsindigenouslandscapes.com.au) on
Mon, Apr 13, 09 at 11:45

The last one looks a bit like a Pimelea of some sort.

The grass is Paspallum flower and is no doubt attached to a prostrate clump with very coarse leaves probably with burgundy edges or tips. It is an exotic pasture grass and common lawn weed.

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Posted by trish_g SE Qld Aust (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 22, 09 at 7:57

I agree with Greg - the grass is Paspalum.
Your number 3 - leaves - is a Hakea. It looks like H. salicifolia, which is native to SE Qld and self-seeds rather easily, so might be an example of an Australian plant as an environmental weed - but perhaps you have a local native Hakea that looks like this.
Is the yellow berry plant prickly? It looks like a kind of hawthorne that I think is called Cretageous. An exotic weed.
Did you smell the leaves of your purple-flowered plant? It looks like garden mint - another exotic weed in your wetland environment.
Strictly speaking, mushroom are not plants at all. Did it smell like something you would eat? It looks like Agaricus campestris, which is an introduced mushroom (and good to eat). Another non-native.
Trish

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