Aquatics

Schoenus brevifolius
             Short leaf bog rush
Descriptor
Tufted perennial sedge spreading from short underground stems. Rigidly erect, deeply grooved flowering stems. Leaves reduced to basal sheaths with small blade to 1.5cm. Sheath shiny dark red-brown. Narrow erect flowerhead 5-25cm long. Dull to shiny pointed spikelets clustered at 4-7 nodes at the top of the stem, bracts woolly at least near the top, spikelet stalk zigzagged. 
Cultural knowledge
  
Ecological role
Frog habitat  
Height
0.9m
Width
0.5m
Sun 
Full sun, semi-shade
Soil type
Moist to wet soils
Flowering time
Spring to Summer

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