Aquatic Plants

Juncus amabilis
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            Hollow Rush
Wetland Planting Zone
Ephemeral Batter
Approved Format
>90cm3 plants (such as 93cc HIKO stock)
Family
Juncaceae
Form
Juncus amabilis, or Hollow Rush, is an upright, spreading or clumped perennial, visually distinguished by the mass of green, straw-like, cylindrical flowering stems (culms); occasionally annual herbs.
Foliage
Mostly blade-like, sheathing the base of the culms (cataphylls
Flowers
Clusters of small brown flowers along elongated stalks, surrounded by leaf-like bracts, Spring- Summer
Fruit
Three-sided grey-brown nut, 0.7 x 3mm
Habitat
Swamps and stream banks in areas of higher rainfall
Distinctive Features
Large stature, leaf-like bracts amongst flower and extremely sharp foliage
Similar Species
Cyperus gunnii, often growing alongside Cyperus lucidus, is of similar size but has narrower leaves and much longer leaf-like bracts associated with flower
Comments
The most widespread native Cyperus in Victoria particularly in the South, yet now considered rare on the volcanic plains

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