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Lepidosperma effusum Benth.
Spreading Sword-sedge

Reference
Fl.Austral. 7:387-388 (1878)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted robust perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 2.5 m high, clumps to 2 m wide. Fl. brown/other, Apr or Jun or Sep to Nov. White sand, brown loam. Creek and river edges, swamps (occasionally tidal).

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 November 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Capel, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gnowangerup, Harvey, Manjimup, Mundaring, Nannup, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Waroona.