CYPERACEAE

Fan Sedge

 

25cm 

In spikes up to 8cm long. 

Nut 

Perennial plant forming dense clumps or mounds, leaves arranged in two opposite rows in the same plane, like a fan. 

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar 

 

In open, dry situations, and sometimes in damp and shaded situations, on rocky hillsides, and from light lowland eucalypt forest to open areas up to 1200m altitude. 

 

 

 

Very difficult to grow from seed- seed is slow to germinate and may have low viability. Seed is reputed to germinate very slowly if sown in dark and moist conditions. A combined heat-smoke treatment may be worth trying, possibly with older seed. Can be propagated by division over the winter months, but plants are slow to re-establish. Resistant to Phythophthora cinnamomi. Suitable below powerlines. 

Nuts small, 2.5-3.25mm long, shining and dark brown when ripe, and contained in dry seedheads. Some species retain seed on the plant for several years. Cut the whole seedhead with secateurs and allow to dry, beat against a hard surface to extract, being careful of sharp foliage. 

Smoke 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes