Family Index

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Scientific Name

Calorophus elongatus

Family Name

RESTIONACEAE

Common Name

Long Rope-rush

Status

Height

2.5m (250cm)

Flowers

male and female flowers

Fruit

Papery capsule

Form

Perenial, scrambling over supporting vegetation

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Heath; Rainforest; Sedgeland and Wetland

Habitat Notes

Tas., wet heaths and shrubberies, margins of rainforest and under light eucalypt cover, sea level to 400m

Site Tolerance

Moist; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

Soil Tolerance

Loam; Poorly-drained; Sandy

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Sowing Months

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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