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Schoenus cuspidatus
Also called Sharp Veldrush
Schoenus cuspidatus is a species of sedge endemic to the Cape region of South Africa where it is found in the provinces of Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
Schoenus cuspidatus is a species of sedge with a relatively wide geographic distribution compared to other closely related species in its group. It grows throughout the Western Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa across a wide elevational range. This species can be found growing in a variety of parent materials in both wet and dry habitats, but it is most often found on mountain slopes.
Adnate Veldrush · Whitesheath Veldrush · Smooth bogrush · Sand Veldrush · Gold Sunrush · Fleshy Veldrush · Southern Veldrush · Spotted Veldrush · Bristleglume Veldrush · Zig Zag Bogrush · Brown Veldrush · Schoenus calcatus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schoenus cuspidatus 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.
