Carex tereticaulis
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Plant name: Common sedge
Plant type: sedges / rushes / wetland plants
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Origin: NSW, WA, SA, TAS, VIC, ACT
Cultural notes: Full sun, boggy conditions, long-lived, very hardy.
Maintenance: May be pruned annually to remove old foliage and spent seed heads.
Tolerates: Inundations and periodic dry periods.
Flowering season: August to march.
Flower colour: Erect brown clustered on spikes.
Foliage colour: Yellow-green, coarse.
Width: Up to 1m
Height: Up to 1m
Water depth: Edges and marshland.
Plant spacing: 10cm apart
Recommended uses: Grassy woodland habitat
Description: Tough sedge.