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 |