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Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. var. cernua

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, caespitose rhizomatous, perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), to 0.3 m high. Fl. green-brown, Jun or Oct to Dec or Jan to Feb. Sand, sometimes saline, silt, black peaty loam, sandy clay over granite. Estuarine areas, seasonal swamps, seepage lines, foredune flats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 May 2003

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Mardabilla, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Gosnells, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kondinin, Manjimup, Murray, Northam, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Waroona, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn.