Family Index

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Scientific Name

Uncinia tenella

Family Name

CYPERACEAE

Common Name

Delicate Hooksedge

Status

Height

Flowers

In 6-12 cm long narrow oblong spikes.

Fruit

Nut

Form

Very slender, tufted perennial sedge with very slender stems and floppy, threadlike leaves.

Municipalities

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

Communities

Habitat Notes

Gullies and forests, growing on the ground or with moss on the roots of trees and the trunks of Dicksonia.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed and division. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

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May

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Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Nuts triangular, 1.5-1.75mm long.

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