Family: Cyperaceae

Scientific name: Carex appressa

Common Name: Tall Sedge

Distribution: All states except Northern Territory

General Information: Grows in moist soils in full sun/part shade, grows in large, full clumps approximately 1metre x 1metre with flowering spikes in spring. Leaves long with cutting edges.

Specimen: Franklin, Tasmania.

Source: Launceston Field Naturalists Club 2008 A Guide to Flowers & Plants of Tasmania, 4th Edition, Reed New Holland, Chatswood.