Eleocharis acuta
                  Common Spike-Sedge
Wetland Planting Zone
Shallow Marsh
Approved Format
600cc
Family
Cyperaceae
Form
E. acuta is a spreading perennial semi-aquatic sedge, with flowering stems to 60cm tall
Foliage
Foliage on the Spike-Sedge is reduced to a small tip on a sheath around the flowering stems
Flowers
Flowers are small brown and bract-like, grouped in 3cm cylindrical clusters at the end of the flowering stems, flowering from Spring-Summer
Fruit
The fruit is a shining, yellow to dark brown nut, 1-1.7mm with bristles at base
Habitat
This is an extremely widespread species that likes wet habitats across Australia
Distinctive Features
Eleocharis acuta has a small tip at the end of the foliage tube 
Similar Species
Eleocharis plana has flattened flowering stems, and is restricted to Tallangatta in NE Victoria
Comments
Useful wetland revegetation species that is easy to propagate

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