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Aquatic Plants

Poa labillardierei​
              Common Tussock

Juncus pallidus Pale Rush
Juncus pallidus Pale Rush
Wetland Planting Zone
Ephemeral Batter
Approved Format
>90cm3 plants (such as 93cc HIKO stock)
Family
Poaceae
Form
Poa labillardierei is a large, densely tufted grass tussock
Foliage
Leaves are rough grey/blue-green, flat-bladed or tightly rolled leaves, needle-like with often a sharp tip, to 80cm.
Flowers
Composed of small straw-coloured bracts, held on spreading and branched flowering stems to 130cm tall, spring-summer
Fruit
Small soft rice grain-like seed, straw coloured
Habitat
Common to a variety of habitat areas with good soil moisture, such as drainage lines
Distinctive Features
Tussocking leaves usually half as high as flowering stem
Similar Species
There are a number of Poa species that generally occur in drier sites. Poa siberiana has shorter flowering stems and seeds are not held in bracts with fine web-like hairs. 
Comments
Often inappropriately used in drier revegetation sites

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