Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
                  River Club-Rush

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