Subterranean Cape Sedge (Trianoptiles solitaria)
Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment
| Scientific name: | Trianoptiles solitaria (C. B. Clarke) Levyns |
Common Name: | subterranean Cape sedge |
Status: | Not declared |
Habitat: | A grass-like herb native to the Cape region of South Africa. It is more commonly found on damp flats (Bond & Goldblatt 1984), particularly from Maitland to Kenilworth east of Cape Town (Adamson & Salter 1950). Considered an occasional species. In Victoria it is known only in one location in a municipal reserve in Melbourne growing on a steep seasonally moist hill slope (Stajsic & Albrecht 1992). |
Related Links
A Weed Management Guide for Subterranean Cape Sedge is available on the CRC website (external link).
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This document was last reviewed on 05/08/2009