Detail
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Schoenoplectus validus
River Club-rush
Notes

Uses: A perennial sedge valuable for limiting or controlling erosion on banks of wetlands and watercourses. Requires year-round moisture. Important as wildlife habitat.

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


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

  • Height 1.5-2.5m
  • Spread 1.5-3m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Cyperaceae
  • Botanical Name Schoenoplectus validus
  • Common Name River Club-rush
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, WA, Qld, Tas, ACT
  • Habit Clumping, Spreading, Arching
  • Landscape Watercourse
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Neutral
  • Tolerates Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Moderate
  • Flower Colour Brown
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Spikes
  • Purpose Habitat, Erosion
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Grass Sedge or Flax
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region