Koncordie Amalie Dietrich was a German naturalist who was best known for her work in Australia from 1863 to 1872, collecting specimens for the Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg.
Sydney Water, formally, Sydney Water Corporation, is a New South Wales Government–owned statutory corporation that provides potable drinking water, wastewater and some stormwater services to Greater Metropolitan Sydney, the Illawarra and the Blue Mountains regions, in the Australian state of New South Wales.
Eraring Power Station is a coal-fired power station consisting of four 720 MW Toshiba steam driven turbo-alternators for a combined capacity of 2,880 MW. The station is located near the township of Dora Creek, on the western shore of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia and is owned and operated by Origin Energy. It is Australia's largest power station. The plant has two smokestacks rising 200 m (656 ft) in height. It is slated for closure by mid-2025.
Alexander Geoffrey Floyd was an Australian botanist with an expert knowledge of rainforest plants, particularly the rainforest trees of New South Wales. He has worked with the New South Wales Forestry Commission, the Department of Forestry in Papua-New Guinea, and the National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales. He helped create the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden at Coffs Harbour. Two genera and several species of plants are named in his honour; including Floydia, Alexfloydia, and Endiandra floydii.
Schoenus is a predominately austral genus of sedges, commonly known as bogrushes, or veldrushes in South Africa. Species of this genus occur mainly in South Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia. Others are found in scattered locations worldwide, from Europe to Asia, North Africa and the Americas. Three species occur in the peatlands of southern South America, including S. antarcticus which is found in Tierra del Fuego, where it forms a component of hyperhumid Magellanic moorland.
Schoenus nigricans is a species of sedge known by the common names black bog-rush and black sedge. It is native to Eurasia, parts of Africa, Australia, and southern North America, including Mexico and the southernmost United States. It grows in many types of wetlands and other moist and alkaline habitat, including marshes, springs, seeps, peat bogs, heath, and alkali flats. This perennial plant grows in low, tight clumps 20 to 70 centimeters tall, with threadlike leaves bearing wide, dark brown ligules. The inflorescence is a small, flattened cluster of dark spikelets. The fruit is an achene coated in a hard, white shell.
Schoenus brevifolius, known as zig-zag bog-rush, is a species of sedge native to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, and the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands. It was first described by Robert Brown in 1810.
Grevillea imberbis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is a prostrate to low, spreading shrub with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white flowers, sometimes turning pink with age.
Baumea acuta, commonly known as pale twig-rush, is a flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, that is native to southern parts of Australia.
Lamprima imberbis is a species of beetle in the family Lucanidae; for much of its history it was treated as a synonym of Lamprima aurata, but was restored to independent status in 2018.
Karen Louise Wilson is an Australian botanist.
Schoenus ericetorum, known as heath bog-rush, is a species of sedge native to eastern Australia. A tufted perennial grass-like plant growing to 40 cm tall. Often seen in heath and dry eucalyptus forest on sandy soils. This is one of the many plants first published by Robert Brown with the type known as "(J.) v.v." It appears in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen in 1810.
Schoenus apogon, known as common bog-rush, is a species of sedge native to eastern Australia, New Zealand and Japan. A tufted annual grass-like plant growing to 55 cm tall. Often seen in seasonally wet habitats. A species of variable form, which may include more than one taxon. The specific epithet apogon is derived from Greek, meaning "no beard".
Schoenus nitens, known as the shiny bog-rush, is a species of sedge native to Australia. A small perennial grass-like plant growing from 15 to 35 cm tall. The stem is cylindrical, 0.5 to 1 mm wide. Often seen in seasonally moist habitats, near beaches or brackish water near the coast. Occasionally seen inland in swampy, wet areas near lakes.The specific epithet nitens is derived from Latin, meaning shiny".
Schoenus maschalinus, the dwarf bog-rush is a sedge native to Australia, New Zealand and Malesia. A small, creeping grass like herb, often forming a mat. Stems grow from 10 to 20 cm long. Leaves are usually less than 1mm wide. The habitat is mostly moist swampy areas not far from the coast. The specific epithet maschalinus is derived from Greek, referring to the presence of axils, literally "armpits".
Schoenus villosus, known as the hairy bog-rush, is a species of sedge native to Australia. A tufted perennial grass-like plant growing from 15 to 40 cm tall. The stem is grooved, 1.2 to 1.7 mm wide. Found near the coast or nearby ranges in Queensland and New South Wales. Growing in heath or woodland, on sandy soils. The specific epithet villosus is derived from Latin, meaning "hairy". One of the many plants first published by Robert Brown with the type known as "(J.) v.v." Appearing in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen in 1810.
Schoenus vaginatus, known as the hairy bog-rush, is a species of sedge native to Australia. A tufted perennial grass-like plant growing from 30 to 60 cm tall. The stem is round in cross section, 0.9 to 1.5 mm wide. Found in rocky sloping areas in northern New South Wales and Queensland. The specific epithet vaginatus is derived from Latin, meaning "sheath".
Schoenus nanus is a species of sedge endemic to Australia, and found in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. It was first described in 1844 by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck as Chaetospora nana, but in 1878 was transferred by George Bentham to the genus, Schoenus.
Schoenus pedicellatus is a species in family Cyperaceae, first described by Robert Brown in 1810 as Chaetospora pedicellata, but assigned to the genus, Schoenus, in 1811 by Jean Louis Marie Poiret. Note that GBIF and Plants of the World Online both give the genus change as being by Roem. & Schult. However the species is Australian and the text by Poiret is earlier than that of Roemer and Schultes.
Schoenus variicellae is a species of sedge, first described in 1997 by Barbara Rye. It is native to Western Australia.
