Eleocharis acuta
                  Common Spike-Sedge

Wetland Planting Zone	Shallow Marsh
Approved Format	600cc
Family	Cyperaceae
Form	E. acuta is a preading 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