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Swamp Club Rush

Isolepis inundata

Swamp Club Rush
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0

Swamp club rush is a small, grass-like sedge that grows in wet, boggy ground across Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. It thrives in constantly moist or waterlogged soil, and the key to growing it is keeping its roots wet.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil constantly wet or standing in shallow water.
Soil
Wet, heavy or boggy soil, such as pond margins or bog mix.
Temperature
Tolerates cool temperate conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New Guinea to New Zealand
Climate
temperate

About

Isolepis inundata is a species of sedge native to Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. Common names include swamp club-rush. It was first described by prolific botanist Robert Brown in 1810.

Other Isolepis plants

Isolepis aucklandica · Isolepis bicolor · Keeled bulrush · Low bulrush · Isolepis congrua · Alpine Club Rush · Floating Club-rush · Isolepis habra · Isolepis platycarpa · Isolepis producta · Proliferating bulrush · Bristleleaf bulrush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Isolepis inundata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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.

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