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

Common Name: smooth 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 sedge land and low shrubberies, peaty and sandy soils, near sea level to about 1200m.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Poorly-drained, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

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