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Carex tereticaulis
Carex tereticaulis, also known as basket sedge, is a species of sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to southern parts of Western Australia, southern parts of South Australia, southern and eastern parts of New South Wales as well as north western and central Victoria and Tasmania. The Koori peoples know the plant as Poong'ort.
It is found throughout southern parts of Australia. In Western Australia it is found in coastal areas of the Peel, South West and Great Southern regions where it grows in black peaty-sandy soils. It is often found in grassland, forest or scrubland areas that are seasonally inundated. In South Australia it is found as far west as the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula with the range extending east to parts of the Fleurieu Peninsula, western parts of the Murray and Mallee, much of the Limestone Coast where it also grows in damp areas that are periodically inundated. It is found in south western and central to northern parts of Victoria but is much less common with only a scattered distribution through south eastern parts. It is often situated in clay soils or in heavy alluvium. In New South Wales its range extends from around Guyra, New South Wales in the Northern Tablelands south through the tablelands and to the south east along the course of the Murray River to around Barham.
It can be used as an ephemeral batter in wetland areas. Indigenous Australians used the leaves of the plants to make baskets with. Koori women split the thin stems to weave into a spiral pattern to make baskets and capes that was worn to cure toothache.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex tereticaulis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
