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Koala fern
Caustis blakei
About
Caustis blakei, also known as the koala fern, is a species of rhizomatous sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is found exclusively in Australia in southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales. It has rigid, smooth stems up to 2 metres with 10 to 28 nodes. It has two subspecies: C. blakei subsp. blakei and C. blakei subsp. macrantha, which was identified by Johnston et al. in 1997. The two subspecies differ in length of spikelets, anthers, and fruit.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Caustis blakei
- Slug
- caustis-blakei
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Caustis
- Species
- blakei
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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