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Chaffy Saw-sedge

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Chaffy Saw-sedge photos

Scientific Name:Gahnia filum
Image: Chaffy Saw-sedge
Chaffy Saw-sedge - plant
Photo: A J Brown


Status:


Native to Australia (Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and New South Wales).


Plant Description:


Tussock forming perennial, 60-110 cm tall. Leaf blades, long, flat to inrolled and smooth to slightly rough. Flower-heads very narrow and erect, 20-35 cm long with very dense clusters of flowers. Nut, narrow-ovoid and three-sided, 5-6 mm long.


Habitat:


Grows in coastal saltmarshes and around saline swamps and salt lakes in Western Victoria.

RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Wimmera, Western, GippslandS3, S4W2, W3


Comments:


Often forms extensive thickets.

Chaffy Saw-sedge photos

Image: Chaffy Saw-sedge - Flower
Chaffy Saw-sedge - flower
Photo: A J Brown
Image: Chaffy Saw-sedge - Plants
Chaffy Saw-sedge - plants
Photo: A J Brown

Chaffy Saw-sedge - flowering
Chaffy Saw-sedge - flowering
Photo: A J Brown

Chaffy Saw-sedge - plants on lake edge
Chaffy Saw-sedge - plants on lake edge
Photo: A J Brown

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