22 de octubre de 2024

Austrostipa - separating ramosissima and verticillata

A ramosissima or A verticillata are the 2 NSW species with stem branching. Only way to be sure which, is to photograph the floret/lemma:

Publicado el octubre 22, 2024 04:22 MAÑANA por hrosenswdpi hrosenswdpi | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Rytidosperma - identifying species

It is essential to have a floret photo to ID Rytidosperma to species. See https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/photos/418833636. Its the size of the floret, pattern of hairs, length of awn and lateral bristles that help ID a species, so all these features need to be shown

Publicado el octubre 22, 2024 04:20 MAÑANA por hrosenswdpi hrosenswdpi | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Avena species - separating barbata and fatua

Need a floret photo to determine whether it is A barbata or A fatua

Publicado el octubre 22, 2024 04:19 MAÑANA por hrosenswdpi hrosenswdpi | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Notes on identifying grasses

The set of photos to best guarantee a grass ID is
1 habitat (roadside, heath, grassland, etc)
2 whole plant
3 stem node
4 leaf sheath closeup
5 leaf blade closeup and preferably on your hand for scale - width can be very important
6 ligule closeup
7 whole flowerhead
8 spikelet closeup - preferably several photos
9 floret closeup (absolutely essential for Rytidosperma, Poa, Austrostipa, Enneapogon, etc)

To get features in focus, you are best to lay them flat on your hand to photograph. Camera can easily focus on your hand and your hand removes the background noise and gives scale

Publicado el octubre 22, 2024 04:17 MAÑANA por hrosenswdpi hrosenswdpi | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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