River Club-sedge,
River Club-rush
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Probable Decline) |
Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) [undercollected] |
Lucindale (NCP03) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
Kangaroo Island (KAN01) | Kanmantoo | Endangered (IUCN: EN B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) [fresh water sp; limited habitat; Kelly Hill area; blue gum plantations have changed hydrology] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | | Near Threatened |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Near Threatened [undercollected; along creeks/rivers; needs permanent water; planted] |
Broughton (FLB02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA ab) (Definite Decline) [habitat loss] |
Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA ab) (Definite Decline) [habitat loss] |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [only in Wilpena; climate sensitive] |
St Vincent (EYB02) | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) (Definite Decline) [habitat loss - is planted] |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Regionally Extinct [possibly extinct] |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern [river spp] |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Least Concern |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Least Concern [river spp] |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | Stony Plains | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [climate sensitive; in mound springs] |
Mount Gambier (SVP02) | Southern Volcanic Plain | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Probable Decline) |
3 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Rare , Vulnerable |
2 of 2 subregions | Kanmantoo | Near Threatened , Endangered |
4 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Near Threatened , Rare , Vulnerable |
2 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare , Regionally Extinct |
2 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Least Concern [river spp] |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | Stony Plains | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [climate sensitive; in mound springs] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 8
Prior names
Schoenoplectus validus
Scirpus validus
Scirpus lacustris ssp. validus
Schoenoplectus lacustris
Scirpus lacustris
Common names
River Club-sedge
River Club-rush
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Lake Eyre, Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature | BGA MSB | 15,065 (19.1 g) 15,065 (19.1 g) | 50+ | 25-May-2004 | MKJ35 South Eastern | 1-Sep-2004 | N/C | +5°C, -18°C |
BGA | 8,700 (3.26 g) | 10 | 7-May-2007 | RJB71684B Lake Eyre | 19-Sep-2008 | 100% | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.
Germination table:
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