Scientific Name: Cycnogeton procerum

Common Name: greater waterribbons

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Juncaginaceae

Form Description: Extremely variable perennial, tufted or from a stout rhizome.

Height (m): 0.06 – 1.5

Flowers: Slender form, flowers not densely clustered. Robust form, flowers dense.

Fruit: Papery capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationCoastal VegetationRiparianSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Slender form, shallow water or exposed mud in fresh or brackish situations or damp areas in coastal sands, sea level to 800m. Robust from, usually aquatic in fresh water up to 1m in depth, occasionally on exposed mud, sea level to 1000m.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Loam, Poorly-drained, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Aquatic plant. Frog habitat.

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