Scientific Name: Juncus falcatus subsp. falcatus

Common Name: sickleleaf rush

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Juncaceae

Form Description: A perennial with long, spreading, rather slender but tough, branched rhizomes.

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.25

Flowers: Pale brown, greenish, dark chestnut brown, mauve.

Fruit: Papery capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsDerwent ValleyDorsetGeorge TownHuon ValleyLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Locally frequent in wet alpine and sub-alpine habitats.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method

Seed Information