Eleocharis sphacelata
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Wetland Planting Zone |
Deep Marsh |
Approved Format |
600cc |
Family |
Cyperaceae |
Form |
Eleocharis sphacelata is a spreading perennial aquatic sedge with flowering stems to 5m tall |
Foliage |
The foliage is reduced to a small tip on a sheath around the flowering stems |
Flowers |
Flowers are small, brown and bract-like, grouped in 6cm cylindrical clusters at the end of the flwoering stems, Spring-Summer |
Fruit |
Straw to golden brown coloured nut, 2-2.7mm with bristles at base |
Habitat |
Tall Spike-Sedge lives in still or slow moving fresh water to 5m deep |
Distinctive Features |
Tall segmented, straw-like cylindrical culms (flowering stems) |
Similar Species |
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani and Baumea articulata are similar size, but have branched flowering spikelets and sharp-pointed leaves |
Comments |
E. sphacelata is an important habitat and source of nesting material for water birds. |