Water Ribbons

Water Ribbons
Water Ribbons
Water Ribbons

Water Ribbons

Triglochin procera


Perennial. Found in streams and swamps.  


Details Description
Type
Graminoid
Group
Arrowgrass
Former Scientific Name
Triglochin procerum s.l.
Identifying Characteristics

Robust plant with thick rhizomes ending in numerous tubers. Green, fleshy ribbon-like, erect or floating leaves, 0.1-2 m long and 0.5-4 cm wide. Sixty to two hundred small greenish flowers held in a dense flower spike, up to 350 cm long and 2 cm wide. Flower spikes are held above the water. Flowers August-April.

Distinctive Features

Emergent leaves.

Life Form Group
Graminoid
Life Form Codes
Medium to Small Tufted Graminoid (MTG)
EVC types
EVC 125: Plains Grassy Wetland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Juncaginaceae
Genus
Triglochin
Species
procera
Water Ribbons
Occurs in Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Tasmania.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.