- Taxon
- Weed
Habitat: bank, clay, coast, forest, gravel, gully, hill, lake margin, lowland, margin, moist, montane, open, pasture, peat, riparian, riverbed, roadside, sand, shaded, silt, slope, stone, terrace, track, tussockland, wasteland, wetland
Dispersal: Seed, vegetative
Recognition
- a perennial aquatic grass that is loosely tufted and flaccid and has creeping stems.
- its leaves are up to 17 cm long, flat and scabrid on leaf ribs.
- its inflorescence is upright from a bent, prostrate base and the flowering head narrow and with few spikelets.
- its seeds are 2-2.5 mm long.
Images
References
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.