Scientific Name: Isolepis cernua
Common Name: nodding clubsedge
Family Classification (Clade): Monocots
Family: Cyperaceae
Form Description: Highly variable, densely tufted perennial sedge.
Height (m): 0.04 – 0.12
Flowers: At the end of flowering stems.
Fruit: Nut – oval, reddish-brown to dark grey when ripe, 0.75-1mm long; contained in dense, bristly seed heads.
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Habitat Notes
On damp ground near the coast, including wet sands and brackish estuary banks on King Island, Furneaux, north-west, north-east, west coast, east coast and south-west.
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Treatment Method
Bog Method The seeds of many wetland species need to be kept wet to germinate. Punch a hole in the side of a recycled polyfoam box so that it holds water to the required depth. Sit the tubes in the box to germinate. Once germinated, punch holes in the bottom of the box to allow drainage.
Seed Storage Life
At least 2 years
Seed Treatment Notes
Smoke treatment may be successful with older seed. Surface sow seed. Some Isolepis species have been used in direct seeding.
Germination Time
4-5 weeks