CYPERACEAE

Bare Twigsedge

 

6-70cm 

In red-brown flowerhead up to 6cm long. 

Nut 

Perennial with creeping rhizome, shoots arising in clusters, stems pale green with white lines. 

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar 

 

All coasts, estuaries and sandy and peaty soils, buttongrass moorlands, heaths and coastal scrub, dunes, and creek and marsh edges to 250m altitude. 

 

 

 

Seed germination is difficult, usually propagated by division. Although large quantities of seed are produced by most species, results are usually very poor, and some species do not produce viable seed. Seed is released within 3-14 days of seed maturity. Natural weathering of the seed for one year, followed by smoke or heat treatment (70 degrees C for 30 mins) may be successful. Reasonably drought tolerant once established. May be successful in direct seeding. Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Suitable below powerlines. 

Nut dark red-brown and shining, 3mm long. 

Bog method 

 

 

Seed has a 6-12 month after-ripening period, and leaching of tannins is required. 

 

 

 

 

Yes