Shiny Bog-sedge,
Shiny Bog-rush
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern [stronghold; tolerates brackish to saline soils] |
Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Lucindale (NCP03) | | Least Concern |
Tintinara (NCP04) | | Least Concern |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [in brackish areas; perennial] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Near Threatened [tolerates salinity] |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [tolerates salinity; not common] |
Broughton (FLB02) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [only known from 2 sites] |
Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Endangered (IUCN: EN D) (Definite Decline) |
Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare (IUCN: RA ab) (Probable Decline) |
St Vincent (EYB02) | | Data Deficient |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Near Threatened |
Talia (EYB04) | | Near Threatened |
Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
4 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern , Rare |
2 of 2 subregions | Kanmantoo | Near Threatened , Rare |
3 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare , Vulnerable , Endangered |
5 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Near Threatened , Rare , Data Deficient |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 10
Prior names
Scirpus nitens
Chaetospora nitens
Common names
Shiny Bog-sedge
Shiny Bog-rush
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA | 7,300 (5.31 g) | 100+ | 20-Nov-2007 | DJD960 South Eastern | 19-Sep-2008 | 80% | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.