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Cyperus polystachyos
Bunchy Sedge
A highly adaptable, clumping annual or perennial sedge. It features distinctive, tightly bunched brownish-green spike clusters and thrives across global tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate zones.
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Typha orientalis
Bullrush
A resilient, clumping sedge that can grow as an annual or a long-lived perennial.
It is widely distributed in ecosystems ranging from rainforest creeks and swamps to salty coastal mud.
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Phragmites australis
Native Reed
A robust perennial aquatic grass. Widely distributed forming extensive, dense reed beds in ecosystems ranging from freshwater riverbanks and swamps to brackish coastal mudflats and estuaries.
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