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Sharp Club-Rush

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Sharp Club-rush photos

Scientific Name:Schoenoplectus pungens
Plants of Sharp Club-rush
Plants of Sharp Club-rush
Photo: A J Brown

Status:
Native to Australia, Europe and the Americas.

Plant Description:

A medium-sized perennial sedge with a long rhizomatous root system. Stems from 20-60 cm high and 3 mm diameter, without nodes (swollen bumps) and smooth and hairless. Leaves to 20 cm long.

Flower-heads in small clusters of 1-5 ovoid spikelets. Flower bract (leaf-like extension of the stem) 3-6 cm long. Fruit an obovoid, smooth, shiny, grey-brown to dark brown, nut, 3 mm long and 2 mm diameter.

Habitat:
Locally common in the cooler south-west part of Victoria. Mainly grows on the fringes of lakes and in marshes. Appears to tolerate some salinity. Often found with other Club-rush species.

RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Wimmera, WesternS0, S1W2, W3, W4

Comments:
Similar to general appearance to other medium to large rush-like plants, such as River Club-rush (Schoenoplectus validus), Caldwell’s Club-rush (Bolboschoenus caldwellii) and Giant Rush (Juncus ingens) but differ if flower-heads and fruit.

Sharp Club-rush Photos

Mixed stand of Sharp Club-rush and Caldwell's Club-rush (paler flower-heads)
Mixed stand of Sharp Club-rush and Caldwell's Club-rush
(paler flower-heads)
Photo: A J Brown
Flower-head of Sharp Club-rush
Flower-head of Sharp Club-rush
Photo: A J Brown

Flowering spikelets of Sharp Club-rush
Flowering spikelets of Sharp Club-rush
Photo: A J Brown

Flower-head of Sharp Club-rush
Flower-head of Sharp Club-rush
Photo: A J Brown

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