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Gardening with
Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use Identification & Control
of Common Weeds

Botanical Name:Gahnia sieberiana 
Common Name:Red-fruited Saw-sedge 
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Plant
Type(s):
Rush / Sedge, Grass Like / Strappy, Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting
Growing
Conditions:
Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade
Sandy, Fertile, Moist, Wet
Size
(HxW):
1.5-3 m x 2-3 m
Foliage:Leaves spiralling and sheathing around stem, long, to 2.5 m, channelled and rough, becoming pendulous.
Flowers:Yellowish-brown becoming black, October-January. Dense flower spike 30-100 cm x 70 mm. Nuts bright red and shiny.
General
Comments:

Large clumping perennial sedge.  Provides seeds, insects, and habitat for birds and swamp rats. Provides food for caterpillars.  Frogs like to habitat there.  Many insect larvae have been recorded feeding on the red-fruit saw-sedge.

Large clump which does not spread. Nuts are very attractive against black spikes. Important food plant for the Swordgrass Brown butterfly. Excellent habitat plant.   Bright ovoid red nuts

Further
Information:
  1. Whitehorse Council 
  2. Yarra Ranges Council 
  3. Australian Native Plants Society 
  4. iNaturalist 
  5. Wikipedia (free online encyclopedia) 
  6. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (VICFLORA) 


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