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Scientific Name

Eleocharis pusilla

Family Name

CYPERACEAE

Common Name

Small Spikesedge

Status

Height

2-12cm

Flowers

Spikelets with a few flowers.

Fruit

Nut

Form

Small, densely tufted perennial with erect stems and slender rhizomes.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Huon Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

On stream and lake banks, and in swampy ground, on the West Coast, Central Highlands, Midlands and East Coast.

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

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

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Mar

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

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Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

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Apr

May

Jun

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Nut pale, 1mm long. 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