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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
Display IBRA region text
Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range; mobile sp] |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range; mobile sp] |
Broughton (FLB02) | | Least Concern |
Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Least Concern |
Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern |
Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern [in all gorges; easily spread] |
St Vincent (EYB02) | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern [restricted to river area] |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
Braemer (MDD07) | | Least Concern |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Least Concern [restricted to river area] |
Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
Roxby (GAW07) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [easily spread] |
Kintore (GVD04) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [easily spread] |
Barrier Range (BHC01) | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
Bimbowrie (BHC05) | | Least Concern |
Curnamona (BHC06) | | Least Concern |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [easily spread] |
Oodnadatta (STP02) | Stony Plains | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [easily spread] |
Macumba (STP05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [easily spread] |
Watarru (CER02) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [easily spread] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range; mobile sp] |
5 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Rare |
2 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern , Rare |
3 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Rare |
Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Least Concern [restricted to river area] |
3 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Rare |
Kintore (GVD04) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [easily spread] |
3 of 4 subregions | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [easily spread] |
2 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Rare |
Watarru (CER02) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [easily spread] |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 4
Common names
Tussock Rush
Inland Rush
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Lake Eyre, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Eyre Peninsula, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin
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 | MSB | 120,000 (1.06 g) | 50 | 14-Feb-2007 | RJB71400 Northern Lofty | | | |
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.