CYPERACEAE

Sand Swordsedge

 

0.2m - 0.6m (20-60cm) long 

Flower heads dense with several narrow clusters of greyish brown spikelets:bracts blunt 

Nuts 

Common sedge with branched creeping rhizome and erect fans of leaves. 

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

Coastal Vegetation; Heath; Light forests 

Sands, sandy heaths, wet sandy peat in coastal and near coastal areas, near sea level to c350m, King Island, North West, Furneaux, East Coast and West Coast. 

Dry; Exposed; Moist; Shady; Windy 

Moderate 

Clay; Loam; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy; Well-drained 

Resistant to Phythophthora cinnamomi. Leaves used for weaving (modern). Suitable below powerlines. 

Fruit about 1.5mm in diameter, pale coloured 

 

 

 

Very difficult to grow from seed. A range of treatments has been tried with little succcess. Seed is reported to germinate very slowly if sown in dark and moist conditions The use of older seed has been suggested. Smoke treatment has been unsuccessful with this species. 

 

No 

 

 

Yes 

Usually propagated by division over the winter months, although plants die back for a period after transplanting.