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Aquatic plants

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
                  River Club-Rush

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Wetland Planting Zone
Shallow Marsh/Deep Marsh
Approved Format
600cc
Family
Cyperaceae
Form
S. tabernaemontani is a perennial, spreading sedge with flowering stems to 2m
Foliage
Foliage on the River Club-Rush is reduced to a small tip on a sheath around the flowering stems
Flowers
Flowers are small, brown and bract-like, in large clusters held on stalks that all emerge from the same point. Flowering from Spring-Summer.
Fruit
Fruit is somewhat rounded, smooth, shining, grey-brown to dark brown nut to 2.5mm, with bristles
Habitat
This is a widespread plant, found in a variety of wet habitats with brackish to fresh water.
Distinctive Features
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani has distinctive bluey-green coloured flowering stems
Similar Species
Juncus ingens has spongy pith inside the flowering stems, whereas Baumea articulata has segmented stem, and Schoenoplectus pungens has angled flowering stems
Comments
This is a very useful species for revegetating wetlands

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