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Carex tereticaulis

Plant name: Common sedge

Plant type: sedges / rushes / wetland plants

Plant pdf: Download the product detail sheet

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.