Carex tereticaulis​
           Basket Sedge​

Wetland Planting Zone	Ephemeral Batter
Approved Format	>90cm3 plants (such as 93cc HIKO stock)
Family	Cyperaceae
Form	Large erect tussock to 120cm tall
Foliage	Green leaf blades to 20cm long when young, that age to dark yellow-brown sheathing blades that wrap around the cylindrical flowering stem.
Flowers	Composed of small brown bracts densely clustered at the ends of long, hollow, green, erect flowering stems. September-November
Fruit	Dark brown oval-shaped nut type seed only a few mm in size
Habitat	Seasonally inundated areas in grassland, scrub and forests
Distinctive Features	Large tussocking form and deep green leaves cylindrical flowering stems
Similar Species	Carex appressa flowering stems have three flat edges. Rush species (Juncus) have dust-like seed.
Comments	The leaves are used by Aboriginal people in basket making