Hollow Sedge

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Carex tereticaulis

Densely tufted erect sedge with circular or three-sided (trigonous) hollow stems to 120 cm with very dark yellow-brown leaf-sheaths. Male flowers are at the top of the flower with female flowers below. Thick long rhizome.

Details
Flora Type
Sedges, rushes
Other Common Names
Poong' ort
Distinctive Features

Leaves are shorter than the flowering stems and are smooth and bluish-grey. Blue-green stems are hollow and are finely striated.

Biology

Perennial. Can be locally common. Low-lying seasonaly inundated habitats on alluvium or clay.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Spring

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Carex
Species
tereticaulis

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

The stem of this Carex species was used for making string and baskets by Aboriginal people in Tas.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Varies from C. appressa in its round smooth blue-green leaves rather than yellow-green leaves.

Native Status
Native