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

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 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
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand
 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.