Aquatic Plants
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Allisma plantago - Water PlantainA robust, rhizomatous, aquatic or semiaquatic herb with broad leaves and white to pale mauve flowers.
Up to 2m Tolerates full sun-part shade Waterlogged soils. Aquatic Features- Provides a frog habitat |
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Bolboschoenus medians - Marsh Club-sedgeA rhizomatous, perennial sedge with clusters small, pale brown, chaffy flowers,.
Up to 1.5m Tolerates full sun-part shade Swampy, waterlogged soils or aquatic. Features- Aboriginal Tubers were roasted and pounded to make thin cakes |
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Centella cordifolia - CentellaA semi-aquatic, perennial herb, with rounded leaves and small clusters of tiny purple flowers
Up to 20cm Tolerates full sun-part shade Swampy soils |
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Triglochin procerum - Common Water RibbonsA robust, tufted, aquatic, perennial herb with strap-like leaves (the ends of which float on water surface) and an erect, fleshy stem bearing a dense, narrow spike of small green flowers.
Tolerates full sun-part shade Aquatic Features- Aboriginal and Frog Tubers were eaten raw or roasted. Provides a frog habitat |
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Crassula helmsii - Swamp CrassulaA small, semi-aquatic, perennial herb,with small, crowded leaves and tiny white flowers.
Up to 10cm Tolerates full sun Waterlogged soils. Aquatic Features- Provides a frog habitat |
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Eleocharis acuta - Common Spike-SedgeA leafless, rhizomatous, mid-green, sedgeInflorescence a dense, cylindrical spike
Up to 60cm Tolerates full sun Waterlogged soils. Aquatic Features- Provides a frog habitat. Used by birds for nesting/safety |
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Eleocharis sphacelata - Tall Spike-sedgeA robust, apparently leafless, rhizomatous, mid-green sedge with dense, cylindrical spike,
Up to 2m Tolerates full sun-part shade Waterlogged soils. Aquatic Features Whole stems were made into mats and split stems were used to weave bags. Provides frog habit. Used by birds for nesting/safety |
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Haloragis brownii - Swamp RaspwortA perennial, semi-aquatic herb, with divided leaves, and tiny green and red flowers
Up to 60cm tolerates full sun-part shade Waterlogged soils. Aquatic |
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Hemarthria uncinata var. uncinata - Mat GrassA rhizomatous, mid-green (often tinted red), perennial grass with slender, stiff and leafy flower stems Inflorescence a very narrow spike
Up to 50cm Tolerates full sun-part shade Swampy soils |
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Hydrocotyle tripartita - Slender Pennywort A creeping, prostrate perennial herb, with deeply divided leaves and clusters of small green to purple flowers.
Up to 10cm Tolerates part shade Swampy, waterlogged soils |
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Juncus pallidus - Pale RushA densely tufted, shortly-rhizomatous with erect, cylindrical, dull green flower stem and dense aggregation of small, chaffy flowers
Up to 1.5m Tolerates full sun-part shade Swampy, waterlogged soils Features- Provides seeds for birds |
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Lycopus australis - Australian GipsywortA perennial herb, with large leaves and of small, white flowers in leaf axils.
Up to 1.5m Tolerates part sin-full shade Swampy, waterlogged soils Features- Provides frog habitat |
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Lilaeopsis polyantha - Australian LilaeopsisA rhizomatous, perennial herb, with long, narrow 'leaves' and slender flowers stalks with small, purple flowers.
Up to 30cm Tolerates full sun-part shade Waterlogged soils. Aquatic |
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Lobelia anceps - Angled Lobelia
A perennial herb, with narrow leaves and pale purple flowers
Up to 30cm Tolerates full sun-part shade Moist and swampy soils |
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Myriophyllum salsugineum - Lake Water-milfoilAn aquatic herb, with small, broad leaves
Up to 2m long Tolerates full sun-part shade Aquatic |
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Myriophyllum crispatum - Upright Water-milfoilAn aquatic or semi-aquatic herb, with narrow, divided leaves
Up to 60cm Tolerates full sun-part shade Waterlogged soils. Aquatic Features- Provides a frog habitat |
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Persicaria decipens - Slender KnotweedA slender, more or less erect, perennial herb, with large, narrow leaves, and small, apparently unopened, pink flowers in dense, narrow, often drooping spikes,
Up to 80cm Tolerates full sun-full shade Waterlogged soils. Aquatic Features- Provides seeds for birds and a habitat for frogs |
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Ranunculus inundatus - River ButtercupA prostrate, creeping perennial herb, with variable, deeply divided leaves and yellow flowers at the ends of creeping stalks.
Up to 30cm Tolerates full sun-part shade Swampy, waterlogged soils. Features- Provides a frog habitat |
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Ranunculus amphitrichus - Small River ButtercupA prostrate, creeping perennial herb,deeply divided leaves and small, pale yellow flowers
Up to 5cm Tolerates full sun-part shade Waterlogged soils Features- Provides a frog habitat |
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Selliera radicans - Shiny Swamp-matA mat-forming herb, dark green leaves and white, fan-shaped flowers.
Up to 5cm Tolerates full sun-full shade Moist and swampy soils. |
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Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani - River Club-SedgeA robust, rhizomatous, perennial sedge, apparently leafless, brown, chaffy flowers
Up to 2m Tolerates full sun-part shade Waterlogged soils Features- Stems were used for weaving mats or baskets. Provides nesting/safety for birds and habitat for frogs |
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Triglochin striata - Streaked ArrowgrassA small, tufted, perennial herb with semi-erect, narrow leaves bearing a narrow spike of small, green flowers.
Up to 30cm Tolerates full sun-part shade Waterlogged soils. Aquatic Features- Provides a frog habitat |
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Villarsia reniformis - Running Marsh-flowerA stoloniferous, aquatic herb, with broad leaves, bearing large, yellow flowers.
Up to 1m Tolerates full sun-full shade Waterlogged soils. Aquatic Features- Provides a frog habitat |
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