CYPERACEAE

Arching Swordsedge

 

2.5m 

Compact heads of brown flowers at the top of the stem, 15-80cm long. 

Nut 

Perennial plant with leaves up to 1.4m long. 

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

 

In swamps, ditches, coastal riparian scrub, shrubby heath and in shrubbery under light forest cover, from sea level to 500m altitude. 

 

 

 

Very difficult to grow from seed- seed is slow to germinate and may have low viability. Seed is reputed to germinate very slowly if sown in dark and moist conditions. A combined heat-smoke treatment may be worth trying, possibly with older seed. Can be propagated by division over the winter months, but plants are slow to re-establish. Resistant to Phythophthora cinnamomi. Suitable below powerlines. 

Nuts small, reddish-brown when ripe, and contained in dry seedheads. Some species retain seed on the plant for several years. Cut the whole seedhead with secateurs and allow to dry, beat against a hard surface to extract, being careful of sharp foliage. 

Smoke 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes