Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHAROPHYTA
Class
EQUISETOPSIDA
Family
CYPERACEAE
Genus
Lepironia
Species
articulata
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Grey Rush
Alternate name
a sword-sedge
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
True
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Restricted to moist freshwater habitats (sedgelands) on alluvial soils and sands
Known location
Southport, Merrimac-Carrara Floodplain, Coolangatta Airport
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Banks of lake, river, stream, water course, levees: +/-permanent water, waterhole.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Freshwater Swamp
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Melaleuca spp open forest or woodland, Tea-tree, Paperbark
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Sedge
Description
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations
Queensland Herbarium August 1999