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Scientific Name
Eleocharis gracilis
Family Name
CYPERACEAE
Common Name
Slender Spikesedge
Status
Height
5-25cm
Flowers
5-15 flowers in an oval spikelet.
Fruit
Nut
Form
Perennial plant with slender stems (less than 0.5mm wide) and a woody rhizome.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar
Communities
Habitat Notes
In swamps in the NE, West Coast, Central Highlands, Midlands, East Coast and SW.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Easily grown from seed or by division. Provides habitat for many birds and other animals. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Nut 1.25mm long, light to dark brown. Seedheads dry and turn brown when seed is ripe, and release nuts easily. Seed is released within 3-14 days of seed maturity.
Seed Treatment Method
Bog 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
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