Eleocharis acuta

Plant name: Common spike rush
Plant type: sedges / rushes / wetland plants
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Origin: AUSTRALIAN WIDE
Cultural notes: full sun, boggy conditions, in water up to 30cm deep, long lived, very hardy
Maintenance: No maintenance required
Tolerates: Frost, inundations and short dry periods
Flowering season: spring to autumn
Flower colour: small cream to brown spike appear on tip of foliage
Foliage colour: mid to dark green, smooth cylindrical
Height: up to 0.4m
Water depth: aquatic to 0.25m
Plant spacing: 30cm apart
Recommended uses: dam and river plantings to help stabilise water edge/banks. Also an excellent ornamental plant for ponds which provides habitat for water birds
Description: tough reed, great for ornamental pond/creek plantings