Prices:

	Each	20 or more
2.5L Pot	$9.50	$9.00

Details:

Type:	Grass
Growth Rate:	Medium
Mature Height:	1 m
Mature Width:	1 m
Site Condition:	Exposed, Frost Tolerant, Heavy Soil, Loamy Soil, Waterways
Sun:	Full Sun
Drainage:	Moist, Wet
Frosts:	Hardy
Features:	Attractive to birds, insects and bees. Flower colour: Reddish-brown. Foliage colour: Green. Fruit colour: Reddish-brown. Native. Suitable restoration species.

Machaerina rubiginosa, is a vigorous creeping species best used for the revegetation of wetlands. It is found in swampy places throughout the North and South Island. The rush-like leaves are up to 1m or more tall and are bluish to dark green with flowering spike-lets of reddish brown. It needs full sun, ample moisture and plenty of space. Good for erosion control and contaminated / nutrient filled water.

The upright foliage and spreading rhizomatous habit allow the plant to form large dense swards in wet areas. It can grow in water up to a depth of around 50 centimetres. The plant tends to grow taller in permanently damp areas and shorter in ephemeral environments. It is suitable for use in artificial wetlands.

Habitat: Coastal to montane (up to 900 m a.s.l.) in most freshwater wetlands; especially favouring low moor peat bogs, the margins of restiad bogs and their burn pools, more rarely on the margins of lakes, tarns and slow-flowing streams.

Flowering: Spring [October - December]
Fruiting:    [Throughout the year]

My Lists: Erosion Control, Wetland