Water-milfoil at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Myriophyllum alpinum | 3 Apr 2025 | Tapirlord | ||
| Myriophyllum sp. | 3 Apr 2025 | JaneR | ||
| Myriophyllum sp. | 1 Apr 2025 | nathkay |
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4 comments
Tapirlord
wrote:
3 Apr 2025
Emergent leaves pectinate, consistently whorled and green rather than glaucous or red makes a good case for M.alpinum no? I would expect that species at this location.
JaneR
wrote:
3 Apr 2025
I have reservations because: Myriophyllum alpinum has emergent leaves in whorls of 3 or 4 , and are reddish ( Plant net ). I can’t see whorl number clearly but it looks more rather than few ( like 3 ).
Tapirlord
wrote:
5 Apr 2025
I'm not sure that the colour of the foliage is diagnostic (i'm using Vicflora). It seems to me that M.alpinum will often have greenish foliage, at least based on previous CNM ID's. I agree that it's difficult to identify the whorl number, but the emergent leaves are so congested at the stem tips that I'm not sure I would say we can lean to saying that there are more rather than few. Congested leaf tips are listed in the key as a supporting feature of M.alpinum in Vicflora.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.820039-35.620433
- Altitude 1007.5m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 28 Mar 2025 11:07 AM Recorded on
- nathkay Recorded by
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Species information
- Myriophyllum sp. Scientific name
- Water-milfoil Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1633.08m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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