Common Name: Thatching Grass
Botanical Name: Gahnia filum
Family: CYPERACEAE
Description:
Tall, clumping sedge of damp, irregularly inundated soils, 0.5-1.5 m high. Long, tapering, rather stiff, edges rolled inwards. Panicles, 20-30 cm long. Throughout the year.
Tall, clumping sedge of damp, irregularly inundated soils, 0.5-1.5 m high. Long, tapering, rather stiff, edges rolled inwards. Panicles, 20-30 cm long. Throughout the year.
Natural Distribution:
Common to coastal, saline and floodplain areas in all agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in WA, NSW, Vic and Tas.
Common to coastal, saline and floodplain areas in all agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in WA, NSW, Vic and Tas.
Notes:
Recorded as rare in Southern Lofty and uncommon in Yorke Peninsula region.
Recorded as rare in Southern Lofty and uncommon in Yorke Peninsula region.
