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Schoenus trachycarpus F.Muell.
Rough Fruited Bog-rush

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 9:33 (1875)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.05-0.2 m high. Fl. brown, Sep to Oct. Sand (sometimes saline), silt, red loam. Winter-wet flats.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 16 December 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Plantagenet, Woodanilling.