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Allisma plantago - Water Plantain

A 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-sedge

A rhizomatous, perennial sedge with clusters small, pale brown, chaffy flowers,.
Up to 1.5m
Tolerates full sun-part shade
Swampy, waterlogged soils or aquatic.
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Features- Aboriginal
Tubers were roasted and pounded to make thin cakes
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Centella cordifolia -  Centella

A 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 Ribbons

A 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 Crassula

A 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-Sedge

A leafless, rhizomatous, mid-green, sedgeInflorescence a dense, cylindrical spike
Up to 60cm
Tolerates full sun
Waterlogged soils. Aquatic
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Features-
Provides a frog habitat. Used by birds for nesting/safety
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Eleocharis sphacelata - Tall Spike-sedge

A 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 Raspwort

A 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 Grass

A 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 Rush

A 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 Gipsywort

A 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 Lilaeopsis

A 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-milfoil

An aquatic herb, with small, broad leaves
Up to 2m long
Tolerates full sun-part shade
Aquatic
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Myriophyllum crispatum - Upright Water-milfoil

An aquatic or semi-aquatic herb, with narrow, divided leaves
Up to 60cm
Tolerates full sun-part shade
Waterlogged soils. Aquatic
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Features-
Provides a frog habitat
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Persicaria decipens -  Slender Knotweed

A 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 Buttercup

A 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 Buttercup

A 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-mat

A 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-Sedge

A 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 Arrowgrass

A 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-flower

A 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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