Chaffy Saw-sedge

Scientific Name:

Gahnia filum

Chaffy Saw-sedge - plant
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Native to Australia (Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and New South Wales).

Plant Description:

Tussock forming perennial, 60-110 cm tall. Leaf blades, long, flat to inrolled and smooth to slightly rough. Flower-heads very narrow and erect, 20-35 cm long with very dense clusters of flowers. Nut, narrow-ovoid and three-sided, 5-6 mm long.

Habitat:

Grows in coastal saltmarshes and around saline swamps and salt lakes in Western Victoria.

Region	Salinity Class	Waterlogging Class
Wimmera, Western, Gippsland	S3, S4	W2, W3

Comments:

Often forms extensive thickets.

Chaffy Saw-sedge - flower
Photo: A J Brown

Chaffy Saw-sedge - plants
Photo: A J Brown

Chaffy Saw-sedge - flowering
Photo: A J Brown

Chaffy Saw-sedge - plants on lake edge

Photo: A J Brown

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