Communities

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Scientific Name

Baloskion australe

Family Name

RESTIONACEAE

Common Name

Mountain cord-rush

Status

Height

0.35m (35cm)

Flowers

One to few flowered reddish terminal inflorescence.

Fruit

Form

Rhyzomatous gramminoid with many erect dark reddish-green flowering stems. Leaves reduced to sheaths on flowering stems

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Heath; Montane Vegetation; Sedgeland and Wetland

Habitat Notes

Dominant in alpine sedgelands in the Eastern states. Also occurs in mountainous areas in bolster heaths and other wet heath montane sites.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Moist; Rocky; Waterlogged; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Clay; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained

General Notes

Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

Jan

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes