Sharp-leaf Club-rush,
Spiky 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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Bridgewater (NCP01) | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern |
Glenelg Plain (NCP02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
Lucindale (NCP03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [localised in Bool Lagoon] |
Tintinara (NCP04) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii,iii)) (Definite Decline) [Gum Lagoon - could be gone] |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Near Threatened |
Broughton (FLB02) | | Least Concern (Probable Decline) |
Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D1) (Definite Decline) [<1000 plants] |
Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern (Probable Decline) |
Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [could be declining] |
St Vincent (EYB02) | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare (IUCN: RA ab) (Definite Decline) [habitat loss] |
Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Talia (EYB04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Murray Mallee (MDD02) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
Murray Lakes and Coorong (MDD03) | | Least Concern |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | Stony Plains | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [prob decline due to limited habitat; could be extinct] |
Baltana (STP07) | | Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [localised to mound springs] |
4 of 4 subregions | Naracoorte Coastal Plain | Least Concern , Rare , Vulnerable |
Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
5 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare , Vulnerable |
3 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Rare |
2 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
2 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Vulnerable |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 3
Prior names
Scirpus pungens
Scirpus americanus
Common names
Sharp-leaf Club-rush
Spiky Club-rush
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: Lake Eyre, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
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 | 5,450 (14.14 g) 5,450 (14.14 g) | 50 | 10-Jan-2007 | RJB71030 Northern Lofty | 1-Aug-2007 | 90% | -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.