Detail
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Schoenoplectus pungens
Sharp Club-rush
Notes

Uses: A perennial sedge valuable for limiting or controlling erosion on banks of wetlands and watercourses. Plant in areas of low traffic sharp-pointed leaves can be dangerous. Important as wildlife habitat.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.


:LE: Lake Eyre   
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:EA: Eastern   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:KI: Kangaroo Island
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 0.3-0.6m
  • Spread 0.3-0.6m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Cyperaceae
  • Botanical Name Schoenoplectus pungens
  • Common Name Sharp Club-rush
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, Tas, New Zealand, Europe, America
  • Habit Clumping, Spreading, Vigorous
  • Landscape Watercourse
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam
  • pH Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Moderate frost, Soil salinity
  • Supplementary Watering Moderate
  • Flower Colour Red, Brown
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Spikes
  • Purpose Habitat, Erosion
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Grass Sedge or Flax
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region