Scientific Name: Netrostylis capillaris
Common Name: hair sedge
Family Classification (Clade): Monocots
Family: Cyperaceae
Form Description: Tufted perennial sedge with wiry stems.
Height (m): 0.12 – 1.1
Flowers: Spikelets of flowers, 4-6mm long.
Fruit: Nut – pale brown, 3.75mm long.
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Habitat Notes
Marsh and stream margins, ditches, wet heaths and shrubberies, and buttongrass plains, from sea level to 850m altitude.
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
May be difficult to grow from seed.
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 Treatment Notes
Surface sow, or cover lightly. Smoke treatment or leaching may be useful.