Scientific Name: Chordifex hookeri Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: woolly buttonrush

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Restionaceae

Form Description: Rhizome, horizontal.

Flowers: Male and female flowers.

Fruit: Papery capsule

Municipality
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Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationHeathSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Heath and sedgeland, sandy or peaty soils, near sea level to about 1000m.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Poorly-drained, Sandy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

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Propagation Method
Division

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