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Carex Tereticaulis

Price:
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Common Name:
RUSH SEDGE

PLEASE NOTE: Orders are by full tray only. Each tray contains 40 plants. When ordering, please choose how many trays you would like.


WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

  • Perennial grass or rush-like tussocky plants.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

  • Widespread and common throughout region. 
  • Poorly-drained areas, along watercourses and swamp margins.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

  • Valuable in preventing creekbank erosion at the bank/water interface due to fibrous soil-binding roots. Also useful for slowing water movement in drainage lines. 
  • Excellent habitat and cover for frogs and various insects. Food plants for caterpillars of native butterflies and moths. 
  • Some species are ornamental particularly nearby garden ponds.

 

 

Image Source: Flower- DavidFrancis34 from Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons