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Scientific Name
Triglochin procerum
Family Name
JUNCAGINACEAE
Common Name
Water-ribbons
Status
Height
0.06m - 1.5m (6-150cm)
Flowers
slender form, flowers not densely clustered. Robust form, flowers dense
Fruit
Papery capsule
Form
extremely variable perennial, tufted or from a stout rhyzome
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Coastal Vegetation; Montane Vegetation; Riparian; Sedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes
slender form, shallow water or exposed mud in fresh or brackish situations or damp areas in coastal sands, sea level to 800m. Robust from, Tas., usually aquatic in fresh water up to 1m in depth, occasionally on exposed mud, sea level to 1000m.
Site Tolerance
Exposed; Moist; Waterlogged
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
Clay; Loam; Poorly-drained; Sandy; Well-drained
General Notes
Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
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Cutting Months
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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.
Cutting Notes
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