Scientific Name: Empodisma minus

Common Name: spreading roperush

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Restionaceae

Form Description: Rhizome, short, stout, erect.

Flowers: Female spikelets

Fruit: Papery capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationHeathSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Heath and sedgelands, sub-alpine shrubberies, sphagnum bogs, buttongrass plains, near sea level to over 1400m.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Poorly-drained, Sandy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method

Seed Information